Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater: Studies in the Social Dimension of Dramatic Form and FunctionCriticism based on literary or formalist conceptions of structure or on the history of ideas, Robert Weimann contends, has removed Shakespeare from the theater, and the theater from society at large. 'It is only when Elizabethan society, theater, and language are seen as interrelated that the structure of Shakespeare's dramatic art emerges as fully functional, that is, as part of a larger, and not only literary, whole.' |
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... called on to perform his duties : " whatt , master , woldyst þou have þi lemman to þi beddes syde ? " ( 1149 ) . A very impious exchange follows the priest's objection to , and attempt to correct , Hawkyn's mistake , an exchange filled ...
... called on to perform his duties : " whatt , master , woldyst þou have þi lemman to þi beddes syde ? " ( 1149 ) . A very impious exchange follows the priest's objection to , and attempt to correct , Hawkyn's mistake , an exchange filled ...
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... called the “ blessed ease of a subjectivity which , as it is sure of itself , can bear the dissolution of its own ends . " For the comic tension between the ridiculousness of the object and the hilarity of the Subjekt of this speech is ...
... called the “ blessed ease of a subjectivity which , as it is sure of itself , can bear the dissolution of its own ends . " For the comic tension between the ridiculousness of the object and the hilarity of the Subjekt of this speech is ...
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... Called the “ Vice ” in Tudor Drama . " B. Litt . Dissertation . Oxford , Lincoln , 1954 . Mares , F. H. " The Origin of the Figure Called " the Vice " in Tudor Drama , " Huntington Library Quarterly 22 ( 1958 ) : 11-29 . Marshall ...
... Called the “ Vice ” in Tudor Drama . " B. Litt . Dissertation . Oxford , Lincoln , 1954 . Mares , F. H. " The Origin of the Figure Called " the Vice " in Tudor Drama , " Huntington Library Quarterly 22 ( 1958 ) : 11-29 . Marshall ...
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