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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... play nowadays , it is by no means clear that Kate is thoroughly converted to the system of patriarchal hegemony she advocates . Whether she is or not , there is a strong illusion of reality surrounding her speech at the end of the play ...
... play nowadays , it is by no means clear that Kate is thoroughly converted to the system of patriarchal hegemony she advocates . Whether she is or not , there is a strong illusion of reality surrounding her speech at the end of the play ...
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... play was printed in 1591 , it had been ' ( sundry times ) publikely acted by the Queenes Majesties Players , in the honourable Citie of London ' . As such , this play and the others had been performed by the queen's of- ficial company ...
... play was printed in 1591 , it had been ' ( sundry times ) publikely acted by the Queenes Majesties Players , in the honourable Citie of London ' . As such , this play and the others had been performed by the queen's of- ficial company ...
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... play's eponymous hero violently objects to the purely formal Roman tradi- tion that anyone seeking the consulship must exhibit the wounds he earned defending Rome before he can gain the support of the plebeians . Uncompromisingly ...
... play's eponymous hero violently objects to the purely formal Roman tradi- tion that anyone seeking the consulship must exhibit the wounds he earned defending Rome before he can gain the support of the plebeians . Uncompromisingly ...
Contents
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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