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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... suggests an interest in him beyond their ongoing " skirmish of wit " ( I.i.58 ) . Like Benedick's assertion that Beatrice exceeds Hero " as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December " ( I.i.178-9 ) , her question ...
... suggests an interest in him beyond their ongoing " skirmish of wit " ( I.i.58 ) . Like Benedick's assertion that Beatrice exceeds Hero " as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December " ( I.i.178-9 ) , her question ...
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... suggests a cathartic release , but it also represents an artful dodge : the inhabitants of Messina , in particular Benedick , make " much ado " so as to es- cape serious consequences . Benedick's promise dis- places the torture of Don ...
... suggests a cathartic release , but it also represents an artful dodge : the inhabitants of Messina , in particular Benedick , make " much ado " so as to es- cape serious consequences . Benedick's promise dis- places the torture of Don ...
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... suggests that communi- cation through letters is purer , less interrupted by accident , than ordinary conversation : This correspondence is , indeed , the cement of friendship ; it is friendship avowed under hand and seal : friendship ...
... suggests that communi- cation through letters is purer , less interrupted by accident , than ordinary conversation : This correspondence is , indeed , the cement of friendship ; it is friendship avowed under hand and seal : friendship ...
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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 |
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