Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 7Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 113
... effect is similar to what the twentieth century calls " black humor " ( an effect not at all alien to the Renaissance sensibility as readers of Sidney's Arcadia attest ) , where the audience laughs at an essentially serious situation ...
... effect is similar to what the twentieth century calls " black humor " ( an effect not at all alien to the Renaissance sensibility as readers of Sidney's Arcadia attest ) , where the audience laughs at an essentially serious situation ...
Page 117
... effects . First , it has a reinforcing effect , generalizing and intensifying Helena's plight rather than making it more comic . For the pattern of failure redeemed by grace is relevant not only to the three youthful adventures but also ...
... effects . First , it has a reinforcing effect , generalizing and intensifying Helena's plight rather than making it more comic . For the pattern of failure redeemed by grace is relevant not only to the three youthful adventures but also ...
Page 213
... effect upon the emotions of his characters ; this is his path to an effect upon ours . He has discovered , in fact , the one dramatic use to which the picturesque can be put in his theatre , and the one and only way of using it . It was ...
... effect upon the emotions of his characters ; this is his path to an effect upon ours . He has discovered , in fact , the one dramatic use to which the picturesque can be put in his theatre , and the one and only way of using it . It was ...
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