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 109
... meaning at least enough to be felt as a violation of meaning . The point of a joke may lie in a hidden meaning , and this , as it comes to light , may be what strikes us as funny . But the point may also lie in the fact that the joke ...
... meaning at least enough to be felt as a violation of meaning . The point of a joke may lie in a hidden meaning , and this , as it comes to light , may be what strikes us as funny . But the point may also lie in the fact that the joke ...
Page 116
... meanings within single words . By seeking out such relations in literary works , we should come to recognize the " undecidability " of the meaning of the work's meaning : " . . . the critic can never show decisively whether or not it is ...
... meanings within single words . By seeking out such relations in literary works , we should come to recognize the " undecidability " of the meaning of the work's meaning : " . . . the critic can never show decisively whether or not it is ...
Page 120
... meanings of the word clown : countryman , bumpkin ; while Rosalind is playing on its more recent meaning of comic ... meaning and on costume there seems little point to the exchange . That Touchstone continues with some fool / clown ...
... meanings of the word clown : countryman , bumpkin ; while Rosalind is playing on its more recent meaning of comic ... meaning and on costume there seems little point to the exchange . That Touchstone continues with some fool / clown ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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