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 108
... thou liv'dst , in death thou died'st belov'd . ( lines 573-8 ) Though W. S.'s opinion - courting links him with Drew and his kind , the next phrase reunites him with his fast friend . Swept downstream by grief , W. S. remains tied to ...
... thou liv'dst , in death thou died'st belov'd . ( lines 573-8 ) Though W. S.'s opinion - courting links him with Drew and his kind , the next phrase reunites him with his fast friend . Swept downstream by grief , W. S. remains tied to ...
Page 233
... thou didst this deed of death ... if thou didst kill this child . . . If thou didst but consent / To this most cruel act . . ' The speech has all the strong feeling and the potential outrage that the peers felt a few moments before ...
... thou didst this deed of death ... if thou didst kill this child . . . If thou didst but consent / To this most cruel act . . ' The speech has all the strong feeling and the potential outrage that the peers felt a few moments before ...
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... thou , when thou command'st the beggar's knee , Command the health of it ? No , thou proud dream , That play'st so subtly with a king's repose , and sleep follows within ten lines . In the same speech we find fool , heart , degree ...
... thou , when thou command'st the beggar's knee , Command the health of it ? No , thou proud dream , That play'st so subtly with a king's repose , and sleep follows within ten lines . In the same speech we find fool , heart , degree ...
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