Shakespearean CriticismPresents 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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Page 184
... final exchange , Benedick says : " For thy part , Claudio , I did think to have beaten thee ; but in that thou art like to be my kinsman , live unbruised , and love my cousin . " He must know that it will take some wit to do so . ( III ...
... final exchange , Benedick says : " For thy part , Claudio , I did think to have beaten thee ; but in that thou art like to be my kinsman , live unbruised , and love my cousin . " He must know that it will take some wit to do so . ( III ...
Page 273
... final speech in defense of patriarchy , Bianca and the widow are silent . Men alone celebrate Kate's reformation . The comic form of the Shrew is essentially ideologi- cal . Closure occurs when coercion has apparently been eliminated ...
... final speech in defense of patriarchy , Bianca and the widow are silent . Men alone celebrate Kate's reformation . The comic form of the Shrew is essentially ideologi- cal . Closure occurs when coercion has apparently been eliminated ...
Page 361
... final speech is that it is staged as if it were a matter of her own joyful choice . Momentarily setting aside the matter of coercion , it is nonetheless true that for Petruchio to be uncontested lord and master , Kate must , at the ...
... final speech is that it is staged as if it were a matter of her own joyful choice . Momentarily setting aside the matter of coercion , it is nonetheless true that for Petruchio to be uncontested lord and master , Kate must , at the ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
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