Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 29Gale Research Company, 1984 - 421 pages This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes 27-56 focus on criticism published after 1960 and provide readers with thematic approaches to Shakespeare's works. The plays, theme or focus of this volume include: Magic and the supernatural, Macbeth, A midsummer night's dream, and The tempest. - Publisher. |
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Page 150
... audience ; the second , in IV . i , has the opposite effect , making him unimportant , a point obliquely enforced by his frustrated rage . The play's perspective continues to work against him in the next two scenes ( IV . ii , iii ) ...
... audience ; the second , in IV . i , has the opposite effect , making him unimportant , a point obliquely enforced by his frustrated rage . The play's perspective continues to work against him in the next two scenes ( IV . ii , iii ) ...
Page 216
... audience , the result of an active cooperation . The audience is implicated in the play in at least two senses , for not only is the play , as we say rather loosely , " about " experience , that is , it comments upon how we live and ...
... audience , the result of an active cooperation . The audience is implicated in the play in at least two senses , for not only is the play , as we say rather loosely , " about " experience , that is , it comments upon how we live and ...
Page 309
... audience is just the least bit relieved to find the mage breaking his staff and drowning his books . Prospero , it will be remarked , has two speeches toward the end of The Tempest in which he bids farewell to his art . After breaking ...
... audience is just the least bit relieved to find the mage breaking his staff and drowning his books . Prospero , it will be remarked , has two speeches toward the end of The Tempest in which he bids farewell to his art . After breaking ...
Contents
Magic and the Supernatural | 1 |
A Midsummer Nights Dream | 174 |
Cumulative Index to Topics | 404 |
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