Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 83Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 145
... story and second the plotting of that story . " Moreover , the plotting of that story , as we shall see , not only translates solemn comedy into grim . tragedy but allows to slip into the consciousness of its audience what it never ...
... story and second the plotting of that story . " Moreover , the plotting of that story , as we shall see , not only translates solemn comedy into grim . tragedy but allows to slip into the consciousness of its audience what it never ...
Page 154
... stories , a fragmented self separates families , divides nations , and produces a broken world . Superfi- cial resolutions in each inherited story - the successive reigns of Lear and Cordelia , the reunion of the sons of the ...
... stories , a fragmented self separates families , divides nations , and produces a broken world . Superfi- cial resolutions in each inherited story - the successive reigns of Lear and Cordelia , the reunion of the sons of the ...
Page 157
... story as reported in the chronicles ran contrary to history itself . The story was always , and preeminently , a mirror upon history , a reflection of its course , and so to modify the story was to alter the course of history itself ...
... story as reported in the chronicles ran contrary to history itself . The story was always , and preeminently , a mirror upon history , a reflection of its course , and so to modify the story was to alter the course of history itself ...
Contents
Cumulative Character Index | 355 |
Cumulative Topic Index | 367 |
Cumulative Topic Index by Play | 391 |
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