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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... truth , and what is more , passionately the truth .... The fact is kings do dislike the truth , but the outcome of this is extraordinary for any fools . They can speak truth and even open insults and be heard with positive pleasure ...
... truth , and what is more , passionately the truth .... The fact is kings do dislike the truth , but the outcome of this is extraordinary for any fools . They can speak truth and even open insults and be heard with positive pleasure ...
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... truth . Since eirôn and alazôn stand on either side , and since Falstaff plays both , in him we look on truth from both sides . And this is where the greatest complexity of his character lies . By spanning the distance between de- fect ...
... truth . Since eirôn and alazôn stand on either side , and since Falstaff plays both , in him we look on truth from both sides . And this is where the greatest complexity of his character lies . By spanning the distance between de- fect ...
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... truth . The Fool presents the truth much like Cor- delia , in precise terms but with all the problems of speaking truth in the deceptive world of King Lear . The Fool's first discussion with Lear points directly to Lear's denial of ...
... truth . The Fool presents the truth much like Cor- delia , in precise terms but with all the problems of speaking truth in the deceptive world of King Lear . The Fool's first discussion with Lear points directly to Lear's denial of ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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