Shakespeare: the Comedies: A Collection of Critical EssaysKenneth Muir Prentice-Hall, 1965 - 183 Seiten From the Back Cover: Despite differences between Shakespeare's time and ours in language, in taste, in mores, his comedies still produce that sure sign of success-uninhibited laughter. But, as the critics in this volume ably contend, the world of Shakespearean comedy is made of more than make-believe, quick action, and brilliant repartee. Shakespeare's genius was to probe, delicately but deeply, subtle and enduring characteristics of humanity. Each play is set in a land of its own, yet through these lands move characters recognizable in our own world. The reality of these characters is only enhanced by ethereal creatures of the imagination like Puck and Ariel, who weave about them poetic merriment unsurpassed in comic literature. Among the essays in this volume are: As You Like It / Helen Gardener -- Winter's Tale / Derek Traversi -- Helena / G. Wilson Knight -- Shakespeare's Method: The Merchant of Venice / J. Middleton Murry. |
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... eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities ... Things base and vile , holding no quantity , Love can transpose to form and dignity . Love looks not with the eyes , but with the mind : And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind . Nor hath ...
... eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities ... Things base and vile , holding no quantity , Love can transpose to form and dignity . Love looks not with the eyes , but with the mind : And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind . Nor hath ...
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... eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities . It is a love which has no basis in reality , which creates a phantom , a mere shadow of the beloved person ; it is a dream . Though it is entirely devoid of judgment the victim is , ironically ...
... eyes , So I , admiring of his qualities . It is a love which has no basis in reality , which creates a phantom , a mere shadow of the beloved person ; it is a dream . Though it is entirely devoid of judgment the victim is , ironically ...
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... eyes so red ” IV . iii . 158. Even a sensualist can tell when people's eyes are red . Angelo's own words make it clear that it is his conviction of the innocence and goodness of Isabel which overthrows him . As for Claudio - the critics ...
... eyes so red ” IV . iii . 158. Even a sensualist can tell when people's eyes are red . Angelo's own words make it clear that it is his conviction of the innocence and goodness of Isabel which overthrows him . As for Claudio - the critics ...
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INTRODUCTIONKenneth Muir | 1 |
THEMES AND STRUCTURE IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | 11 |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMErnest Schanzer | 26 |
Urheberrecht | |
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action Adriana Ægeon All's Angelo Antipholus Antonio appears audience Benedick and Beatrice Bertram brother called characters Christian Claudio Comedy of Errors comic contrast Countess critics death disguised Dover Wilson dramatic Dromio Duke Duke's E. K. Chambers E. M. W. Tillyard Elizabethan English essay fairies feeling Florizel fool forgiveness Gentlemen of Verona gives grace happiness hath Heaven Helena Hero honor human husband imagination Isabel Isabella Jaques King Lafeu Love's Labour's Lost lovers Lucio Malvolio Mariana marriage Measure for Measure Menaechmi Merchant of Venice Midsummer-Night's Dream mind mistress moral nature nobility Olivia Orsino Parolles passion pastoral Perdita play play's plot poetic Polixenes Prospero romance Rosalind says scene seems sense Shakespeare Shakespearian Shylock situation Sonnets soul speak speare's speech story suggest Tempest theme things thou tragedy true Twelfth Night Viola virtue wife Wilson Wilson Knight Winter's Tale woman words