Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 56Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... performance - critics and ironic readers , however , leaves the issue unsolved . Granted , as Anthony Dawson argues , that performances cannot deliver , and audiences cannot ' absorb , the same kind of meaning that reading can produce ...
... performance - critics and ironic readers , however , leaves the issue unsolved . Granted , as Anthony Dawson argues , that performances cannot deliver , and audiences cannot ' absorb , the same kind of meaning that reading can produce ...
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... performance , the play suggests , should yield greater truth than listening to an oral witness or reading documentary evidence - except that not all performances will be equally truthful . When the Prologue enjoins playgo- ers not to ...
... performance , the play suggests , should yield greater truth than listening to an oral witness or reading documentary evidence - except that not all performances will be equally truthful . When the Prologue enjoins playgo- ers not to ...
Page 290
... performances is the assumption that Shakespeare's delineation of Con- stance , John , Arthur , and the rest is ... performance for being " Natural and impassioned " ( p . 9 ) , and , speaking of Constance's last scene , said that ...
... performances is the assumption that Shakespeare's delineation of Con- stance , John , Arthur , and the rest is ... performance for being " Natural and impassioned " ( p . 9 ) , and , speaking of Constance's last scene , said that ...
Contents
Shakespeares Representation of History | 1 |
Henry VI Parts 1 2 and 3 | 76 |
Henry VIII | 195 |
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