Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 28Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... comic energy , launched into a cel- ebration of the skills of its author . At a pause in this chorus of praise , one suddenly asked the other , " When did Shakespeare live ? " Her friend replied , " In the fourteenth century , I think ...
... comic energy , launched into a cel- ebration of the skills of its author . At a pause in this chorus of praise , one suddenly asked the other , " When did Shakespeare live ? " Her friend replied , " In the fourteenth century , I think ...
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... comic events . Let me begin with Love's Labor's Lost , the earliest of these plays and the source of my most ... comic design . Nevertheless , the return is there in good measure in the sec- ond scene ; and as a comic practice it ...
... comic events . Let me begin with Love's Labor's Lost , the earliest of these plays and the source of my most ... comic design . Nevertheless , the return is there in good measure in the sec- ond scene ; and as a comic practice it ...
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... comic experience that involves our superiority as audience . This is a kind of participatory comedy in which we share the characters ' elation.4 Much Ado About Nothing affords comic pleasures different from those available in The ...
... comic experience that involves our superiority as audience . This is a kind of participatory comedy in which we share the characters ' elation.4 Much Ado About Nothing affords comic pleasures different from those available in The ...
Contents
Texts and Revels in Twelfth Night | 13 |
Lynda E Boose The Taming of the Shrew Good Husbandry and Enclosure | 21 |
Juliet Dusinberre As Who Liked It? | 31 |
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