Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volumen 29Gale Research Company, 1984 - 421 páginas This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes 27-56 focus on criticism published after 1960 and provide readers with thematic approaches to Shakespeare's works. The plays, theme or focus of this volume include: Magic and the supernatural, Macbeth, A midsummer night's dream, and The tempest. - Publisher. |
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... devils , alone would have sufficed to produce a conviction that demons often " possessed " human beings . From this incontrovertible truth to a belief that the Devil might bargain with mortals and promise them effective enchantments in ...
... devils , alone would have sufficed to produce a conviction that demons often " possessed " human beings . From this incontrovertible truth to a belief that the Devil might bargain with mortals and promise them effective enchantments in ...
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... Devil a piece of their cloth- ing , ( 6 ) swear allegiance to him , ( 7 ) pray to be struck out of the book of life and inscribed in the book of death , ( 8 ) promise sacrifices to the Devil , ( 9 ) make yearly gifts to him , ( 10 ) ...
... Devil a piece of their cloth- ing , ( 6 ) swear allegiance to him , ( 7 ) pray to be struck out of the book of life and inscribed in the book of death , ( 8 ) promise sacrifices to the Devil , ( 9 ) make yearly gifts to him , ( 10 ) ...
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... devils were thought actually to be sexless - the devil might re- ceive a warlock's semen . Afterwards he became an incu- bus and discharged the semen into the body of a witch . Few theorists believed that devils themselves produced ...
... devils were thought actually to be sexless - the devil might re- ceive a warlock's semen . Afterwards he became an incu- bus and discharged the semen into the body of a witch . Few theorists believed that devils themselves produced ...
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Magic and the Supernatural | 1 |
A Midsummer Nights Dream | 174 |
Cumulative Index to Topics | 404 |
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Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William ..., Volumen 28 Vista de fragmentos - 1984 |
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| Título | Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volumen 29 Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Laurie Lanzen Harris |
| Editor | Gale Research Company, 1984 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 22 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 081039278X, 9780810392786 |
| N.º de páginas | 421 páginas |
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