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 133
... suggests that Shakespeare blocked out the original play but left it unfinished when he retired to Stratford . Fletcher then revised many of the already written scenes and completed the play , ' per- haps with his [ Shakespeare's ] ...
... suggests that Shakespeare blocked out the original play but left it unfinished when he retired to Stratford . Fletcher then revised many of the already written scenes and completed the play , ' per- haps with his [ Shakespeare's ] ...
Page 324
... suggests cur , which has twice been used as a term of contempt for flatterers in Julius Caesar . We would expect a reference to sweets to follow , but instead we have a series of Group C images : You are no surer , no , Than is the coal ...
... suggests cur , which has twice been used as a term of contempt for flatterers in Julius Caesar . We would expect a reference to sweets to follow , but instead we have a series of Group C images : You are no surer , no , Than is the coal ...
Page 334
... suggests at several moments in his subplot that the abstract , ritualistic , and ethical codes that attempt to impose order do not always serve the best interests of human beings . One example that might be dismissed as typical of ...
... suggests at several moments in his subplot that the abstract , ritualistic , and ethical codes that attempt to impose order do not always serve the best interests of human beings . One example that might be dismissed as typical of ...
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