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 118
... kind of means . It is the power imbalance behind Lear's offer that makes deception both more likely and more impenetrable . Lear is really trying to coerce his daughters to a certain form of behavior ; he sets up the terms and the con ...
... kind of means . It is the power imbalance behind Lear's offer that makes deception both more likely and more impenetrable . Lear is really trying to coerce his daughters to a certain form of behavior ; he sets up the terms and the con ...
Page 120
... kind nurs- ery " are so high because he identifies her with nurtur- ing qualities and vulnerabilities not easily admitted by a king whose royal symbol is the dragon . Both textual and structural details in Lear support this emphasis on ...
... kind nurs- ery " are so high because he identifies her with nurtur- ing qualities and vulnerabilities not easily admitted by a king whose royal symbol is the dragon . Both textual and structural details in Lear support this emphasis on ...
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... kind of character who can make plain that a situation is going on , and of what kind . On the part of critics and directors the sure way to a vulgarising of the play is to interpret her as fitting a situation , as her sisters do . This ...
... kind of character who can make plain that a situation is going on , and of what kind . On the part of critics and directors the sure way to a vulgarising of the play is to interpret her as fitting a situation , as her sisters do . This ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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