Shakespearean CriticismCengage Gale, 2001 - 448 pages 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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... essays that discuss this theme with reference to all of Shakespeare's works . Following the topic entry are several entries devoted to individual works . Beginning with volume 57 in the series , SC provides a ... essay or book vii Preface.
... essays that discuss this theme with reference to all of Shakespeare's works . Following the topic entry are several entries devoted to individual works . Beginning with volume 57 in the series , SC provides a ... essay or book vii Preface.
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... ( essay date 1998 ) SOURCE : " Preposterous Pleasures : Queer Theories and A Midsummer Night's Dream , " in A Midsummer Night's Dream : Critical Essays , edited by Dorothea Kehler , Garland Publishing , 1998 , pp . 369-97 . [ In the ...
... ( essay date 1998 ) SOURCE : " Preposterous Pleasures : Queer Theories and A Midsummer Night's Dream , " in A Midsummer Night's Dream : Critical Essays , edited by Dorothea Kehler , Garland Publishing , 1998 , pp . 369-97 . [ In the ...
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... ( essay date 1996 ) SOURCE : " The Politics of Aloofness in Macbeth , " in English Literary Renaissance , Vol . 26 , No. 3 , Autumn , 1996 , pp . 531-60 . [ In the following essay , Baldo contrasts the styles of rule of Queen Elizabeth ...
... ( essay date 1996 ) SOURCE : " The Politics of Aloofness in Macbeth , " in English Literary Renaissance , Vol . 26 , No. 3 , Autumn , 1996 , pp . 531-60 . [ In the following essay , Baldo contrasts the styles of rule of Queen Elizabeth ...
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