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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Page 99
... speech are a means to relief . Leontes ' concentrated use of obscenity consists of obsessive variations on the idea and image of sexual organs . The speech takes its energy from the implications of " sluic'd , " " pond fish'd ...
... speech are a means to relief . Leontes ' concentrated use of obscenity consists of obsessive variations on the idea and image of sexual organs . The speech takes its energy from the implications of " sluic'd , " " pond fish'd ...
Page 174
... speech since meta- phors used to define the act of imagination are reflected from Leontes's obscene vision of Hermi- one's sexual penetration ( hence Leontes's later " projection " of violations onto Hermione as external enemy ) . Carol ...
... speech since meta- phors used to define the act of imagination are reflected from Leontes's obscene vision of Hermi- one's sexual penetration ( hence Leontes's later " projection " of violations onto Hermione as external enemy ) . Carol ...
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... speech - speech he must then recreate himself . We could say that Lear mistakes silence in a new way . Or perhaps we are struck by his belief that speech remains possible . In either case , the process is one of naming , address , and ...
... speech - speech he must then recreate himself . We could say that Lear mistakes silence in a new way . Or perhaps we are struck by his belief that speech remains possible . In either case , the process is one of naming , address , and ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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