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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... critics and modern audiences . Taking many forms , Shake- spearean fools may be generally divided into two cat- egories : the clown , a general term that was originally intended to designate a rustic or otherwise uneducated individual ...
... critics and modern audiences . Taking many forms , Shake- spearean fools may be generally divided into two cat- egories : the clown , a general term that was originally intended to designate a rustic or otherwise uneducated individual ...
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... critics alike , who can reach no consensus on whether the final scene , in which Lear follows his daughter Cordelia in death , is meant to impart a sense of hopelessness , chaos , and despair , or affirm the existence of love and hope ...
... critics alike , who can reach no consensus on whether the final scene , in which Lear follows his daughter Cordelia in death , is meant to impart a sense of hopelessness , chaos , and despair , or affirm the existence of love and hope ...
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... critics who puncture the romantic surface of the play , and find excesses in Illyria that cannot be purged as a mere product of a ' holiday ' atmosphere . For these critics , Viola stands above her environment . She has been called the ...
... critics who puncture the romantic surface of the play , and find excesses in Illyria that cannot be purged as a mere product of a ' holiday ' atmosphere . For these critics , Viola stands above her environment . She has been called the ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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