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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Page 83
... begins with an ac- ceptance of mortality and culminates in understanding one's relation to God , people , and the ... begin to enjoy the levity of the clowns who hint at the healing power of laughter and encourage us to enter their ...
... begins with an ac- ceptance of mortality and culminates in understanding one's relation to God , people , and the ... begin to enjoy the levity of the clowns who hint at the healing power of laughter and encourage us to enter their ...
Page 205
... begins with the first scene between Kent , Gloucester , and Edmund and with Lear's division of his kingdom on the basis of public decla- rations of love . But an audience does not become aware of the ironic tone until the first words of ...
... begins with the first scene between Kent , Gloucester , and Edmund and with Lear's division of his kingdom on the basis of public decla- rations of love . But an audience does not become aware of the ironic tone until the first words of ...
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... begins very firmly : Cesario ' urges his entreaties on Olivia as no previous messenger has dared ' . But towards the end of his dis- cussion , he muses : Viola " unconsciously " wills Olivia to fall in love with her ' . Even E. C. ...
... begins very firmly : Cesario ' urges his entreaties on Olivia as no previous messenger has dared ' . But towards the end of his dis- cussion , he muses : Viola " unconsciously " wills Olivia to fall in love with her ' . Even E. C. ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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