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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... thou swear'st to me thou art honest . Now if thou wert a poet , I might have some hope thou didst feign . ( III.iii.9-23 ) Where Orlando's poetry is written as an outlet for passion , Touchstone sees the medium as a route of ingress ...
... thou swear'st to me thou art honest . Now if thou wert a poet , I might have some hope thou didst feign . ( III.iii.9-23 ) Where Orlando's poetry is written as an outlet for passion , Touchstone sees the medium as a route of ingress ...
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... thou art now ; I am a Fool , thou art noth- ing . " He also keeps a firm grasp on the necessity to remain frugal in order to prosper , a piece of advice suited equally well to a pauper and a king : Have more than thou showest , Speak ...
... thou art now ; I am a Fool , thou art noth- ing . " He also keeps a firm grasp on the necessity to remain frugal in order to prosper , a piece of advice suited equally well to a pauper and a king : Have more than thou showest , Speak ...
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... thou dishonest Satan . I call thee by the most modest terms , for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesy . Say'st thou that house is dark ? MALVOLIO AS hell , Sir Topas . CLOWN Why , it hath bay ...
... thou dishonest Satan . I call thee by the most modest terms , for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesy . Say'st thou that house is dark ? MALVOLIO AS hell , Sir Topas . CLOWN Why , it hath bay ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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