Shakespearean CriticismGale, 2004 - 384 pages This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from the 17th century to the present. Volumes 11-26 focus on the history of Shakespeare's plays on the stage and in important film adaptations. Volumes 27-56 focus on criticism published after 1960 and provide readers with thematic approaches to Shakespeare's works. Starting with Vol. 57 the series provides general criticism published since 1990 and historical criticism not featured in previous volumes on four to five plays or works per volume. Beginning with Vol. 60, the series replaced its annual compilation of essays representing the year's most noteworthy Shakespearean scholarship with topic entries, comprised of essays that analyze various topics or themes found Shakespeare's works. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each volume includes a cumulative character index, a topic index and a topic index arranged by play title. |
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... argues that " in late Elizabethan Puritan circles Puritan divines began to promulgate the elevation of human conscience over law " ( 88 ) . Thomas relates this Elizabethan emphasis on the individual conscience to the use of promise when ...
... argues that " in late Elizabethan Puritan circles Puritan divines began to promulgate the elevation of human conscience over law " ( 88 ) . Thomas relates this Elizabethan emphasis on the individual conscience to the use of promise when ...
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... argues that the fairy Puck is a representative of sexuality in A Midsummer Night's Dream and points to the distinctive meanings of his name in the text of the play to support this analysis . Jeffrey D. Frame ( 1999 ) also explores the ...
... argues that the fairy Puck is a representative of sexuality in A Midsummer Night's Dream and points to the distinctive meanings of his name in the text of the play to support this analysis . Jeffrey D. Frame ( 1999 ) also explores the ...
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... argues that action always involves narrative reflec- tion , an inherent part of our being in time : " What this literature ignores , is the reflexive moment of attention , called into being in discourse , that breaks into the flow of ...
... argues that action always involves narrative reflec- tion , an inherent part of our being in time : " What this literature ignores , is the reflexive moment of attention , called into being in discourse , that breaks into the flow of ...
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