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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... words with none but the man she takes to be her enemy , whose role in the proceedings , she feels , makes a mockery of them . Her passion is high , but she does not rely on " mere words , " as some feel the women in the histories must ...
... words with none but the man she takes to be her enemy , whose role in the proceedings , she feels , makes a mockery of them . Her passion is high , but she does not rely on " mere words , " as some feel the women in the histories must ...
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... words to deeds . " Tis well said again ' , Henry mockingly judges , And ' tis a kind of good deed to say well , And yet words are no deeds . My father lov'd you , He said he did , and with his deed did crown His word upon you . ( III.ii ...
... words to deeds . " Tis well said again ' , Henry mockingly judges , And ' tis a kind of good deed to say well , And yet words are no deeds . My father lov'd you , He said he did , and with his deed did crown His word upon you . ( III.ii ...
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... words.28 When the king wrests the royal word from Wolsey , playgoers might suppose that his speech will henceforth manifest the potency of a divine - right mon- arch.29 Act V , however , shows the limits of Henry's verbal kingdom . He ...
... words.28 When the king wrests the royal word from Wolsey , playgoers might suppose that his speech will henceforth manifest the potency of a divine - right mon- arch.29 Act V , however , shows the limits of Henry's verbal kingdom . He ...
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