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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... character . But even when wordplay had assumed a host of functions— comic and tragic - it still remained , for Shakespeare , the Vice's hallmark , inextricably linked with this peculiar character . Since the jingling play on sound was ...
... character . But even when wordplay had assumed a host of functions— comic and tragic - it still remained , for Shakespeare , the Vice's hallmark , inextricably linked with this peculiar character . Since the jingling play on sound was ...
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... character of the speaker , the way in which a speech was delivered could now be as dra- matically significant as what was said . And although such innovations in no way eliminated stock types , these elements now assumed their typical ...
... character of the speaker , the way in which a speech was delivered could now be as dra- matically significant as what was said . And although such innovations in no way eliminated stock types , these elements now assumed their typical ...
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... character's relations to the play world begin to dominate , but the comic ease and flexibility of these relations are still enriched by some traditional ... character he is equally secure in his awareness of other characters APPENDIX 259.
... character's relations to the play world begin to dominate , but the comic ease and flexibility of these relations are still enriched by some traditional ... character he is equally secure in his awareness of other characters APPENDIX 259.
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