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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... critics refuse to take Shakespeare's metaphors seriously as " significant . " 997 996 Of course , these critics are responding to one aspect of the play's dramatic reality . There is no external explana- tion of Leontes ' behavior ...
... critics refuse to take Shakespeare's metaphors seriously as " significant . " 997 996 Of course , these critics are responding to one aspect of the play's dramatic reality . There is no external explana- tion of Leontes ' behavior ...
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... criticism published between 1960 and 1984 show that this basic moral ground of the play was never " in question , " as Goldberg puts it . This does not mean that there was no disagreement among the critics . They argued about the ...
... criticism published between 1960 and 1984 show that this basic moral ground of the play was never " in question , " as Goldberg puts it . This does not mean that there was no disagreement among the critics . They argued about the ...
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... critic's was not limited to Marxism , for most of the mainline critics during this period also engaged in it . Thematists found that each play's attitude toward its " central theme ” was the same as theirs , ironic critics found that ...
... critic's was not limited to Marxism , for most of the mainline critics during this period also engaged in it . Thematists found that each play's attitude toward its " central theme ” was the same as theirs , ironic critics found that ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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