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 111
... seems to have dressed plainly- " his Vertue was his best Attire " ( 96 ) —and was neither drunken nor prodigal , but exhibited a " fit moderation " ( 77 ) . He spoke little , says the poet , manifesting a " becomming silence " ( 97-104 ) ...
... seems to have dressed plainly- " his Vertue was his best Attire " ( 96 ) —and was neither drunken nor prodigal , but exhibited a " fit moderation " ( 77 ) . He spoke little , says the poet , manifesting a " becomming silence " ( 97-104 ) ...
Page 207
... seems remote and unreal . Moreover , the Bastard has established himself as a character who sees clearly and speaks frankly : K. JOHN . A good blunt fellow . Why , being younger born , Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance ? BAST . I ...
... seems remote and unreal . Moreover , the Bastard has established himself as a character who sees clearly and speaks frankly : K. JOHN . A good blunt fellow . Why , being younger born , Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance ? BAST . I ...
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... seems to be no reason why the insistently anti- Catholic author of The Troublesome Raigne should- and every reason why he should not - wrestle ardu- ously with Holinshed so as to reconfigure John's reign around Arthur . Nor is there any ...
... seems to be no reason why the insistently anti- Catholic author of The Troublesome Raigne should- and every reason why he should not - wrestle ardu- ously with Holinshed so as to reconfigure John's reign around Arthur . Nor is there any ...
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