Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 28Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... Venus fails as a rhetorician of love . Her language and tactics of seduction are problem- atic because some of their main images for praising Ado- nis ' exceptional beauty also highlight its transience and ( or ) vulnerability ...
... Venus fails as a rhetorician of love . Her language and tactics of seduction are problem- atic because some of their main images for praising Ado- nis ' exceptional beauty also highlight its transience and ( or ) vulnerability ...
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... Venus in rela- tion to conventional representations of the goddess still remain to be examined , for example , the link between her and Venus Meretrix ( Venus the Prostitute ; see lines 511- 522 ) , there is space for study of only ...
... Venus in rela- tion to conventional representations of the goddess still remain to be examined , for example , the link between her and Venus Meretrix ( Venus the Prostitute ; see lines 511- 522 ) , there is space for study of only ...
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... Venus ' continued , personal discov- ery of how humans experience unrequited love ; rather , it chiefly suggests her personal discovery of how humans experience separation from , and the death of , a beloved . 23 ( Thus it also suggests ...
... Venus ' continued , personal discov- ery of how humans experience unrequited love ; rather , it chiefly suggests her personal discovery of how humans experience separation from , and the death of , a beloved . 23 ( Thus it also suggests ...
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Texts and Revels in Twelfth Night | 1 |
Jonas Barish Mixed Verse and Prose in Shakespearean Comedy | 9 |
Shakespeare Psychoanalysis History | 15 |
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