Shakespearean CriticismCengage Gale, 2003 - 464 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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... calls him ) whose mind is sane but has failed to develop into maturity . He is full of riddles , like a ten - year - old with a craze for " moron " jokes . He is child - like , unsophisticated , and uninhibited , rather than insane.18 ...
... calls him ) whose mind is sane but has failed to develop into maturity . He is full of riddles , like a ten - year - old with a craze for " moron " jokes . He is child - like , unsophisticated , and uninhibited , rather than insane.18 ...
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... calls IV . vi the scene " where his madness is complete " ( p . 604 ) . 5. " Enter Lear Mad " , Shakespeare Quarterly , VIII ( 1957 ) , 311-329 . 6. Kahn , p . 312 ; Prefaces , I , 294 ; and see R. B. Heil- man , The Great Stage ...
... calls IV . vi the scene " where his madness is complete " ( p . 604 ) . 5. " Enter Lear Mad " , Shakespeare Quarterly , VIII ( 1957 ) , 311-329 . 6. Kahn , p . 312 ; Prefaces , I , 294 ; and see R. B. Heil- man , The Great Stage ...
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... calls forth the masque . This masque is performed by Ariel and " the rabble " under the direction of Prospero : " A contract of true love to celebrate / And some donation freely to estate / On the blest lovers " ( IV . i . 84-86 ) . The ...
... calls forth the masque . This masque is performed by Ariel and " the rabble " under the direction of Prospero : " A contract of true love to celebrate / And some donation freely to estate / On the blest lovers " ( IV . i . 84-86 ) . The ...
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The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
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