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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... court life ) and , second , of the King himself . Shakespeare would have been at court frequently , not only as an actor but also as one of a company whose members , under James I , were Grooms of the Chamber , attendant at state ...
... court life ) and , second , of the King himself . Shakespeare would have been at court frequently , not only as an actor but also as one of a company whose members , under James I , were Grooms of the Chamber , attendant at state ...
Page 137
... court masques in which shows and dances , costumes and scenic devices formed part of an allegorical whole . Recent studies . have shown that masquing , particularly at the Jaco- bean and Stuart court , often had political implications ...
... court masques in which shows and dances , costumes and scenic devices formed part of an allegorical whole . Recent studies . have shown that masquing , particularly at the Jaco- bean and Stuart court , often had political implications ...
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... court altered the politics of seventeenth - century plays . In relation to the court , the rise of a more aristocratic aesthetic affected drama and other literary modes during James's first decade on the throne . We can see this ...
... court altered the politics of seventeenth - century plays . In relation to the court , the rise of a more aristocratic aesthetic affected drama and other literary modes during James's first decade on the throne . We can see this ...
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