Unconformities in Shakespeare’s History Plays |
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... critics since the eighteenth century have been so blinded by the perfection imputed to the dramatist that they have gone to any lengths to justify his seeming aberrations . In a revealing and amusing example Harbage finds that ' A ...
... critics since the eighteenth century have been so blinded by the perfection imputed to the dramatist that they have gone to any lengths to justify his seeming aberrations . In a revealing and amusing example Harbage finds that ' A ...
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... critics that the balance needs to be readjusted for a fuller understanding of the complex and dynamic nature of that ... critic who is delighted with absurdities which are probably unintentional have little excuse for their innocence in ...
... critics that the balance needs to be readjusted for a fuller understanding of the complex and dynamic nature of that ... critic who is delighted with absurdities which are probably unintentional have little excuse for their innocence in ...
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... critics , too , go beyond the textual evidence in emphasising the extent to which the king himself stands openly ... criticism tending to see Richard II as extremely unified ' , but I cannot accept some of his more specific arguments ...
... critics , too , go beyond the textual evidence in emphasising the extent to which the king himself stands openly ... criticism tending to see Richard II as extremely unified ' , but I cannot accept some of his more specific arguments ...
Contents
The Whole Contention One Play into | 19 |
Treachery and Dissension Two Plays into | 38 |
Plots and Prophecies | 59 |
Copyright | |
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