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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... stage history of King Lear , see SC , Volumes 2 , 11 , 31 , 46 , and 61 . INTRODUCTION King Lear is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's finest artistic achievements . Set in ancient Britain , the dark tragedy centers upon the ...
... stage history of King Lear , see SC , Volumes 2 , 11 , 31 , 46 , and 61 . INTRODUCTION King Lear is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's finest artistic achievements . Set in ancient Britain , the dark tragedy centers upon the ...
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Michael LaBlanc. text ) at stage center , always an unwieldy place on any stage . ( The term " dead center " expresses our feelings about central positioning in general . ) It dominated the scene , heavy , ungainly , hard to get around ...
Michael LaBlanc. text ) at stage center , always an unwieldy place on any stage . ( The term " dead center " expresses our feelings about central positioning in general . ) It dominated the scene , heavy , ungainly , hard to get around ...
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... Stage Personnel in London , 1660- 1800 , IX ( Carbondale : Southern Illinois Univ . Press , 1982 ) , 402 . 15. Ibid . , II , 64 . 16. Ibid . , IX , 360 . 17. Ibid . , 1 , 262 . 18. Ibid . , п , 150 . 19. Stuart M. Tave , The Amiable ...
... Stage Personnel in London , 1660- 1800 , IX ( Carbondale : Southern Illinois Univ . Press , 1982 ) , 402 . 15. Ibid . , II , 64 . 16. Ibid . , IX , 360 . 17. Ibid . , 1 , 262 . 18. Ibid . , п , 150 . 19. Stuart M. Tave , The Amiable ...
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