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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Contents
King Lear | 76 |
Much Ado about Nothing | 170 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Shakespearean Criticism Literature criticism online Volume 31 of Shakespearean Criticism Series Volume 31 of Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Laurie Lanzen Harris |
| Author | Michael Magoulias |
| Editor | Michael Magoulias |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Gale Research International, Limited, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 22, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0810392801, 9780810392809 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Drama Literary Criticism / Reference Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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