Shakespearean CriticismCengage Gale, 1999 - 420 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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... fool's truth precisely because it is told by someone who this same ' wise ' society considers to be a fool . The truth of the fool's discourse cannot be uti- lized to change the situation : it belongs to the time - off period of games ...
... fool's truth precisely because it is told by someone who this same ' wise ' society considers to be a fool . The truth of the fool's discourse cannot be uti- lized to change the situation : it belongs to the time - off period of games ...
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... Fool's mirror , the Fool can retire . And Shakespeare , in his later plays , does not use stage court - fools . Lear's Fool can be considered as the epitome of all Shakespearian fools : he is no messenger , uses mono- logues and asides ...
... Fool's mirror , the Fool can retire . And Shakespeare , in his later plays , does not use stage court - fools . Lear's Fool can be considered as the epitome of all Shakespearian fools : he is no messenger , uses mono- logues and asides ...
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... Fool as the chief person in the tragedy.2 To add problematical complexity , the Fool's identity , like that of other characters in the tragedy ( notably Lear's ) , is ambiguous . Some critics have identified the Fool and Cordelia ...
... Fool as the chief person in the tragedy.2 To add problematical complexity , the Fool's identity , like that of other characters in the tragedy ( notably Lear's ) , is ambiguous . Some critics have identified the Fool and Cordelia ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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