Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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... Lear marking the map with his finger might be marking the land itself , so Olympian should he appear ' ( Granville - Barker , p . 284. ) Lear , in short , is both father and king . In their attempts to make him more accessible , actors ...
... Lear marking the map with his finger might be marking the land itself , so Olympian should he appear ' ( Granville - Barker , p . 284. ) Lear , in short , is both father and king . In their attempts to make him more accessible , actors ...
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William Shakespeare Horace Howard Furness. THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR ACT I SCENE 1. King Lear's palace . Enter KENT , GLOUCESTER , and EDMUND . Kent . I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall . Glou . It did ...
William Shakespeare Horace Howard Furness. THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR ACT I SCENE 1. King Lear's palace . Enter KENT , GLOUCESTER , and EDMUND . Kent . I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall . Glou . It did ...
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... King Lear? 3 To what extent was Lear “a man more sinned against than sinning”? 4 What resemblances and differences does Shakespeare display in the characters of Lear's three daughters? 5 In what ways do the Fool and Gloucester add to ...
... King Lear? 3 To what extent was Lear “a man more sinned against than sinning”? 4 What resemblances and differences does Shakespeare display in the characters of Lear's three daughters? 5 In what ways do the Fool and Gloucester add to ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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