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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... drama on the future grandeur of England . While historically among the most frequently performed of Shakespeare's dramas , Henry VIII suffered a general decline in critical esteem during the twentieth century as scholars debated ...
... drama on the future grandeur of England . While historically among the most frequently performed of Shakespeare's dramas , Henry VIII suffered a general decline in critical esteem during the twentieth century as scholars debated ...
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... Drama Within Drama ( New York , 1975 ) , pp . 16- 55 . 3. Dr. Johnson on Shakespeare , ed . W. K. Wimsatt ( Penguin Shakespeare Library , 1969 ) , p . 126 . 4. Shakespeare's Mature Tragedies ( Princeton , 1973 ) , p . 164 . 5. " King ...
... Drama Within Drama ( New York , 1975 ) , pp . 16- 55 . 3. Dr. Johnson on Shakespeare , ed . W. K. Wimsatt ( Penguin Shakespeare Library , 1969 ) , p . 126 . 4. Shakespeare's Mature Tragedies ( Princeton , 1973 ) , p . 164 . 5. " King ...
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... dramatic art . While none of these estimations has proven entirely satisfying , ele- ments of such readings continue to appear in contempo- rary assessments of the drama . W. H. Auden ( 1947 ) represents a characteristically mid ...
... dramatic art . While none of these estimations has proven entirely satisfying , ele- ments of such readings continue to appear in contempo- rary assessments of the drama . W. H. Auden ( 1947 ) represents a characteristically mid ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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