Literary Criticism is the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of literary works. Literary Criticism usually takes the form of a long essay that is originally published in a scholarly journal.
Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview.
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Each volume includes a cumulative character index, a topic index and a topic index arranged by play title.
General themes -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Hamlet -- Othello -- MacBeth -- King Lear -- The Tempest -- Shakespeare and gender -- Shakespeare and psychology -- Shakespeare and ethics -- Shakespeare and tragedy -- Shakespeare's genius.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies.
English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
Criticism -- Authorship.
Tragedy -- History and criticism.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Women.
Revenge in literature.
Women in literature.
"...what a rogue and peasant slave am I!"
Provides full text online access to each of the 12 literature criticism book series published by Gale, including Shakespearean Literature Criticism (SLC).
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Comprehensive bibliographic index for multidisciplinary literature. Formats indexed include books, newspapers, and magazines, as well as scholarly and peer-reviewed journals. Subject coverage includes social sciences, arts and humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, health sciences, multicultural studies, and many more. Most citations include abstracts and full text or link to full text content from other providers, based on institutional subscriptions. This database is made possible by TexShare.
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