Shakespearean CriticismRalph Berry, Graham Bradshaw, William C. Carroll 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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Page 243
... poet and plebeians , between poet and conspirator " ( p . 338 ) . The playwright , charges Taylor , creates a defense of po- etry at the expense of truth . If we accept this argu- ment , then Cinna's murder by the mob in 3.3 involves a ...
... poet and plebeians , between poet and conspirator " ( p . 338 ) . The playwright , charges Taylor , creates a defense of po- etry at the expense of truth . If we accept this argu- ment , then Cinna's murder by the mob in 3.3 involves a ...
Page 249
... poet - victim here and the similarly oblique suggestion of Orpheus ' fate we have seen in Jonson's dedication to Sejanus . Unlike Jonson , Shakespeare does not represent this figure - and the violence inflicted upon him by " the rage of ...
... poet - victim here and the similarly oblique suggestion of Orpheus ' fate we have seen in Jonson's dedication to Sejanus . Unlike Jonson , Shakespeare does not represent this figure - and the violence inflicted upon him by " the rage of ...
Page 343
... poet , making love behind his back , it is the lady who attracts all the blame . The poet constantly excuses his male friend , seeking for reconciliation and pleading that they ' must not be foes ' ( 40 ) ; the friend remains a ' better ...
... poet , making love behind his back , it is the lady who attracts all the blame . The poet constantly excuses his male friend , seeking for reconciliation and pleading that they ' must not be foes ' ( 40 ) ; the friend remains a ' better ...
Contents
Representation and Reformation in Measure for Measure | 14 |
Sidney Homann What Do I Do Now? Directing A Midsummer Nights Dream | 23 |
Lisa Hopkins Marriage as Comic Closure | 32 |
Copyright | |
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