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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... tion that his work is timeless . It was this attitude in Stratford's Shakespeare , together with what we know of his biography , that led Alexander Pope to con- clude that he was , at heart , a worldling . But , of course , it may ...
... tion that his work is timeless . It was this attitude in Stratford's Shakespeare , together with what we know of his biography , that led Alexander Pope to con- clude that he was , at heart , a worldling . But , of course , it may ...
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... tion of the Sonnets ' aversion to the theater and its reinforcement of the attitudes of the protagonists of the late tragedies and romances tells a consistent tale . From the Elegy's vantage point , Shakespeare tired of staging the ...
... tion of the Sonnets ' aversion to the theater and its reinforcement of the attitudes of the protagonists of the late tragedies and romances tells a consistent tale . From the Elegy's vantage point , Shakespeare tired of staging the ...
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... 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- 3 ) , it is but a way of postponing action until he learns how ...
... 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- 3 ) , it is but a way of postponing action until he learns how ...
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