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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... wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool ' . He knows , moreover , that this awareness of his is ill - matched with the other charac- ters in the play , and not merely the sluttish Audrey , who is unable to understand one of ...
... wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool ' . He knows , moreover , that this awareness of his is ill - matched with the other charac- ters in the play , and not merely the sluttish Audrey , who is unable to understand one of ...
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... wise joy . The adjective is important because , admittedly , even the earliest comedies are not without dark hues . In them the young playwright's comic spirit occasionally stirs a little restlessly in perturbation about mutability ...
... wise joy . The adjective is important because , admittedly , even the earliest comedies are not without dark hues . In them the young playwright's comic spirit occasionally stirs a little restlessly in perturbation about mutability ...
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... wise man gives thee better counsel , give me mine again : I would have none but knaves follow it , since a fool gives it . ( II . iv . 68-77 ) . To that metaphorical prose counsel the Fool adds still another ditty which sums up what he ...
... wise man gives thee better counsel , give me mine again : I would have none but knaves follow it , since a fool gives it . ( II . iv . 68-77 ) . To that metaphorical prose counsel the Fool adds still another ditty which sums up what he ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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