Shakespearean CriticismMichelle Lee Gale Research International, Limited, 1998 - 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 245
... Bastard plays with literal and figurative meanings of illegitimacy . " Observation " means both " paying attention " and " paying court . " " A bastard to the time " fails to participate in , or take advantage of , the way things are ...
... Bastard plays with literal and figurative meanings of illegitimacy . " Observation " means both " paying attention " and " paying court . " " A bastard to the time " fails to participate in , or take advantage of , the way things are ...
Page 257
... Bastard contributes so little to The Troublesome Raigne , why does the author go out of his way to invent this one major ahistorical figure ? Although the Bastard adds nothing to the plot of The Troublesome Raigne , perhaps his ...
... Bastard contributes so little to The Troublesome Raigne , why does the author go out of his way to invent this one major ahistorical figure ? Although the Bastard adds nothing to the plot of The Troublesome Raigne , perhaps his ...
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... Bastard . The Bastard's new role is mirrored in the stage direc- tion : always before he has been on his own , but now , as Regent , he enters ' attended ' . Though he speaks of ' the scope / And warrant limited unto my tongue ' ( 122 ...
... Bastard . The Bastard's new role is mirrored in the stage direc- tion : always before he has been on his own , but now , as Regent , he enters ' attended ' . Though he speaks of ' the scope / And warrant limited unto my tongue ' ( 122 ...
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