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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Page 78
... King of France is in residence , to prove before him her case as Bertram's wife . But when they get there and ask a courtier for access , he says that the King is now somewhere else : " He hence removed last night , and with more haste ...
... King of France is in residence , to prove before him her case as Bertram's wife . But when they get there and ask a courtier for access , he says that the King is now somewhere else : " He hence removed last night , and with more haste ...
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... King 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 ) ...
... King 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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... King Edward , is a pale and marginal figure , certainly not the focal point of the play's emotional energy . That place is reserved for the victims of royal power , for Jane and Matthew Shore and the common people who befriend them . In ...
... King Edward , is a pale and marginal figure , certainly not the focal point of the play's emotional energy . That place is reserved for the victims of royal power , for Jane and Matthew Shore and the common people who befriend them . In ...
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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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