Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 57Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... present a critical overview of each play , including criticism from the seventeenth century to the present . Beginning with Volumes 11 , the series focuses on the history of Shakespeare's plays on the stage and in important films . The ...
... present a critical overview of each play , including criticism from the seventeenth century to the present . Beginning with Volumes 11 , the series focuses on the history of Shakespeare's plays on the stage and in important films . The ...
Page 109
... present and in accord with the judgement of the historian.3 This seems to me a false antithesis . ' Has justice ever been done to the power of his historical imagination ? ' asks Blair Worden of Shakespeare in a recent essay . * Shake ...
... present and in accord with the judgement of the historian.3 This seems to me a false antithesis . ' Has justice ever been done to the power of his historical imagination ? ' asks Blair Worden of Shakespeare in a recent essay . * Shake ...
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... present a Christian contrast to Macbeth and the supernatural ele- ments in the play , relying on natural order and ... presents a conflation of sex roles and gender , where , if men and women step outside their roles , they lose their ...
... present a Christian contrast to Macbeth and the supernatural ele- ments in the play , relying on natural order and ... presents a conflation of sex roles and gender , where , if men and women step outside their roles , they lose their ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
History and Philosophy | 31 |
Representation and Identity | 40 |
Copyright | |
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