Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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... play on its own terms , to understand its distinctive dramatic mode . Like the other late plays , Henry VIII is boldly original in form and assimilates a wide variety of traditions into a complex whole . Its dramatic vocabulary includes ...
... play on its own terms , to understand its distinctive dramatic mode . Like the other late plays , Henry VIII is boldly original in form and assimilates a wide variety of traditions into a complex whole . Its dramatic vocabulary includes ...
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... play's first performance , burning Shakespeare's most important theater to the ground . Later in the play vizarded angels appear in a vision to Katherine , and elaborate royal ceremonies and processions are fully staged for the ...
... play's first performance , burning Shakespeare's most important theater to the ground . Later in the play vizarded angels appear in a vision to Katherine , and elaborate royal ceremonies and processions are fully staged for the ...
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... play , and that , appearances to the contrary , the play is built around certain unifying themes , identified by R. A. Foakes as those of justice and injustice , and of patience in adversity . " However , it has always seemed curious to ...
... play , and that , appearances to the contrary , the play is built around certain unifying themes , identified by R. A. Foakes as those of justice and injustice , and of patience in adversity . " However , it has always seemed curious to ...
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The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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