Shakespearean CriticismJoseph C. Tardiff Presents 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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... John necessarily served a pro- or anti - catholic agenda , critics have already directed our attention to how the reign of John was used as well for debating the succession to Queen Elizabeth [ A. R. Braunmuller , ed . , King John ...
... John necessarily served a pro- or anti - catholic agenda , critics have already directed our attention to how the reign of John was used as well for debating the succession to Queen Elizabeth [ A. R. Braunmuller , ed . , King John ...
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... John and Queen Eleanor scoff at the proposal , after which the play moves on to the first Bastard episode . By contrast , in King John , that scene is framed so that the contested issue of the various grounds on which authority may rest ...
... John and Queen Eleanor scoff at the proposal , after which the play moves on to the first Bastard episode . By contrast , in King John , that scene is framed so that the contested issue of the various grounds on which authority may rest ...
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... John ( V , ii , 151-5 ) . And Salisbury's remark , ' I did not think the King so stor❜d with friends ' ( V , iv , 1 ) , is soon followed by his promise to ' calmly run on in obedience . . . to our great King John ' ( V , iv , 56-7 ) ...
... John ( V , ii , 151-5 ) . And Salisbury's remark , ' I did not think the King so stor❜d with friends ' ( V , iv , 1 ) , is soon followed by his promise to ' calmly run on in obedience . . . to our great King John ' ( V , iv , 56-7 ) ...
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Catherine Belsey Love in Venice | 3 |
Mark Breitenberg The Anatomy of Masculine Desire in Loves Labors Lost | 12 |
Calderwood Walls Partitions and Performances | 23 |
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