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 158
... human attitudes and preconceptions . Jaques re- lentlessly anthropomorphizes the deer ; the nobles are seen as ' usurpers ' on the life of the forest , which is contrasted with the human domains of ' country , city , court'.25 For our ...
... human attitudes and preconceptions . Jaques re- lentlessly anthropomorphizes the deer ; the nobles are seen as ' usurpers ' on the life of the forest , which is contrasted with the human domains of ' country , city , court'.25 For our ...
Page 159
... human life is essentially external . For him all there is is the pretence , the mask , the actor's part , the acci- dents . He describes behaviour , but not experience . Jaques is , perhaps , the first of those great satirical personae ...
... human life is essentially external . For him all there is is the pretence , the mask , the actor's part , the acci- dents . He describes behaviour , but not experience . Jaques is , perhaps , the first of those great satirical personae ...
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... human will and Providence in Twelfth Night and proposes that Feste's enigmatic final song emphasizes the ambigu- ities of human experience — which is neither as grim as the clown's pessimistic verses nor as blissful as romantic comedy ...
... human will and Providence in Twelfth Night and proposes that Feste's enigmatic final song emphasizes the ambigu- ities of human experience — which is neither as grim as the clown's pessimistic verses nor as blissful as romantic comedy ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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