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- THE SEXUALITY OF ANGELO, OTHELLO, AND ANTONY: ITS EFFECTS.
- Creator
- SCHOOLEY, DONNA MARIE., Florida Atlantic University, Nathan, Norman
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The three men become examples of the devastating effects that occur when sexualities reflect a denial of natural expression (Angelo), a psychological insecurity that is played upon by a malevolent (Othello), and a vacillation between two contrary commitments (Antony). Angelo's sexuality is governed by a deep-seated repression fostered by the Puritan ethic. That of Othello demonstrates a psychological insecurity in relation to his sexual identity. And Antony's sexuality displays a paradox of...
Show moreThe three men become examples of the devastating effects that occur when sexualities reflect a denial of natural expression (Angelo), a psychological insecurity that is played upon by a malevolent (Othello), and a vacillation between two contrary commitments (Antony). Angelo's sexuality is governed by a deep-seated repression fostered by the Puritan ethic. That of Othello demonstrates a psychological insecurity in relation to his sexual identity. And Antony's sexuality displays a paradox of weakness and virtue. These effects of their sexuality are triggered by their relationships with Isabella, Desdemona, and Cleopatra respectively. This leads Angelo to lust and humiliation. It drives Othello to an uncharitable love that commits murder and ends in his suicide. And it causes Antony his vanquishment and suicide, but not before he realizes a true love. What follows is an exposition of their sexuality, its differentiation, and its effects upon the protagonists and those close to them.
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- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13923
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Characters, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Othello, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Measure for measure
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- Title
- THE TRAGEDY OF AMBITION IN THE FIRST AND SECOND TETRALOGIES OF SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORY PLAYS.
- Creator
- CREWS, JAMES MCRAE, JR., Florida Atlantic University, Nathan, Norman
- Date Issued
- 1970
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13632
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Histories, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation, Ambition
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE GHOST IN "HAMLET": A CULTURAL APPROACH.
- Creator
- NIXON, DAVID HALL., Florida Atlantic University, Nathan, Norman
- Abstract/Description
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Uncertainty about the Ghost's role lies at the heart of controversy over Hamlet. No previous study has established the Ghost's full significance as a focus for ethical conflict. Eschewing assumptions that the Ghost must be an instrument of God or Satan, the text is given a closer look. A Herculean image keys the exploration of Old Hamlet's voluntary ghostly appearances in heroic conflict with purgatory. Parallels of this feat with Hercules' harrowing of Hades reinforce the bearing of that...
Show moreUncertainty about the Ghost's role lies at the heart of controversy over Hamlet. No previous study has established the Ghost's full significance as a focus for ethical conflict. Eschewing assumptions that the Ghost must be an instrument of God or Satan, the text is given a closer look. A Herculean image keys the exploration of Old Hamlet's voluntary ghostly appearances in heroic conflict with purgatory. Parallels of this feat with Hercules' harrowing of Hades reinforce the bearing of that image. An expiatory mask implies purgatorial sanction for restoring universal order. But that concept proves ironic, a cultural mirror for ghostly dissembling. Underlying conflict reverberates both in symbol and in ironic treatment of Hercules' role as a Renaissance analog of Christ. Revenge cannot be reconciled with Christ's rule of forgiveness; the conflict focused in Old Hamlet's bolt from purgatory implicitly reveals a Christian God as overseer of the play.
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- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13937
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Hamlet, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Characters--Ghosts
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- Using a new historical approach in the Shakespeare classroom.
- Creator
- Brunner, Tracy Anne., Florida Atlantic University, Childrey, John
- Abstract/Description
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Two main approaches dominate the literature about and the practice of teaching Shakespeare. These include performance pedagogy and teacher led line by-line interpretation of the text. Although both methods have advantages, class performance can be difficult to manage and line-by-line interpretation tends to kill the text for students. Used in conjunction with other pedagogical methods, New Historical study allows students the freedom of pursuing their own interests without straying into...
Show moreTwo main approaches dominate the literature about and the practice of teaching Shakespeare. These include performance pedagogy and teacher led line by-line interpretation of the text. Although both methods have advantages, class performance can be difficult to manage and line-by-line interpretation tends to kill the text for students. Used in conjunction with other pedagogical methods, New Historical study allows students the freedom of pursuing their own interests without straying into overly personal territory. Most importantly, New Historicism can help students to ground difficult texts into more understandable historical contexts. A New Historical reading of Hamlet is included, discussing the ways in which everyday tensions about Queen Elizabeth I's reign are reflected in Hamlet's character, particularly in many of his actions or characteristics that we often consider interpretively problematic.
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- 2003
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13022
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Study and teaching, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Hamlet, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation, Historicism
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- TIME IN "ROMEO AND JULIET.".
- Creator
- RAUSCH, MARCIA SHIRLEY., Florida Atlantic University, Nathan, Norman
- Abstract/Description
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Time is a major theme in Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and time is the basis for the characterization, atmosphere, and plot in the tragedy. Each character's words depict his place in time-whether he is very young or very old. An atmosphere of time movement prevails continually in Romeo and Juliet with the imagery of lightness and darkness and of the heavens including the sun, moon and stars. All action in the plot depends on time--some situations occur too early, others occur too...
Show moreTime is a major theme in Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, and time is the basis for the characterization, atmosphere, and plot in the tragedy. Each character's words depict his place in time-whether he is very young or very old. An atmosphere of time movement prevails continually in Romeo and Juliet with the imagery of lightness and darkness and of the heavens including the sun, moon and stars. All action in the plot depends on time--some situations occur too early, others occur too late. The story is compressed into a very few days so that time becomes most important. Shakespeare is concerned with time throughout the tragedy.
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- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14098
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Romeo and Juliet
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- Document (PDF)
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- Plato and Shakespeare: The Influence of Phaedrus and Symposium on A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Creator
- Urmi, Tahmina Begum, Stockard, Emily, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Many scholars who study Plato and Shakespeare together focus only on erotic love between lovers or nonsexual love between others. A closer study of A Midsummer Night’s Dream shows that Shakespeare uses Plato’s concepts of the soul in addition to the Forms, the guide, as well as staging the varieties of love that can exist between two individuals and the dangers of loving the physical more than the mind. Shakespeare takes these ideas embedded in Symposium and Phaedrus and not only crafts his...
Show moreMany scholars who study Plato and Shakespeare together focus only on erotic love between lovers or nonsexual love between others. A closer study of A Midsummer Night’s Dream shows that Shakespeare uses Plato’s concepts of the soul in addition to the Forms, the guide, as well as staging the varieties of love that can exist between two individuals and the dangers of loving the physical more than the mind. Shakespeare takes these ideas embedded in Symposium and Phaedrus and not only crafts his play accordingly, but also creates his own versions through his unique interpretations. These alterations appear reflected in the play’s sequence of events, the characters’ actions, and the merging of the faerie and human realms.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005937
- Subject Headings
- Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation., Plato. Phaedrus., Plato. Symposium., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
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- Title
- The Mosaic Law in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
- Creator
- Kahl, Murray., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
- Abstract/Description
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Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice is examined on an allegorical level, with Shylock the Jew portrayed as representing the Mosaic Law, and Antonio the Merchant of Venice portrayed as a Christ figure who represents the New Law. The religious convictions of the era are presented by examining the works of Richard Hooker as representative of his milieu. Traditional religious theology, both Jewish and Christian, is examined to establish a basis for the battle that ensues. Evidence is presented to...
Show moreShakespeare's Merchant of Venice is examined on an allegorical level, with Shylock the Jew portrayed as representing the Mosaic Law, and Antonio the Merchant of Venice portrayed as a Christ figure who represents the New Law. The religious convictions of the era are presented by examining the works of Richard Hooker as representative of his milieu. Traditional religious theology, both Jewish and Christian, is examined to establish a basis for the battle that ensues. Evidence is presented to establish a Jewish presence in England prior to their admission by Oliver Cromwell. This presence is argued to have influenced Shakespeare in his writing and precipitates a battle in which the two opposing philosophies do battle. The sides are carefully drawn and a celestial battle takes place. The allegories are described and then used to define the antagonists in terms that fit their allegorical nature.
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- 1989
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14521
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Merchant of Venice, Judaism in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Time, space, and Shakespeare: Temporal and spatial disturbances at the point of cultural contact.
- Creator
- Murray, Jessica L., Florida Atlantic University, Low, Jennifer A.
- Abstract/Description
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Cultural geographic theory uses dramatic language (place ballets , time-space routines, temporal rhythms , etc.) to describe how humans sense and dwell in places. Because the theory contemplates human behavior enacted upon a stage, it is applicable to theater studies. This thesis asserts that Hamlet's, Othello's, and Antony's treacherous lifeworlds undermine their spatiotemporal senses and initiate quests similar to those described by Anne Buttimer as searches "for order, predictability, and...
Show moreCultural geographic theory uses dramatic language (place ballets , time-space routines, temporal rhythms , etc.) to describe how humans sense and dwell in places. Because the theory contemplates human behavior enacted upon a stage, it is applicable to theater studies. This thesis asserts that Hamlet's, Othello's, and Antony's treacherous lifeworlds undermine their spatiotemporal senses and initiate quests similar to those described by Anne Buttimer as searches "for order, predictability, and routine, as well as [...] for adventure and change" ("Grasping" 285). Hamlet's revenge plot is a pursuit of order and reclamation of his identity at Elsinore. Desdemona's murder is Othello's attempt to salvage his character, which he believed sullied by infidelity. Alexandria offers Antony a life opposite Rome's and sets him on a course of indecisiveness. These plays demonstrate that, at the point of cultural contact, routines are interrupted and identities destabilize. Tragically, the characters lose themselves in the turmoil.
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- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13141
- Subject Headings
- Human geography, Psychology, Comparative, Cognitive science, Time perception, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Plays, Intersensory effects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Unearthing the witch: Diversion and device in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and Middleton's "The Witch".
- Creator
- Hutcheson, Anna Capri., Florida Atlantic University, Low, Jennifer A.
- Abstract/Description
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Renaissance ideology positioned the witch as deviant and dangerous. Using common cultural perceptions, Shakespeare's and Middleton's dramas help both to define and to produce alternative notions of the witch. Analyzing the function of the witch as cultural icon reveals why the cultural community scapegoated certain women, particularly "wise women." These women were often older and unattached, uncanny in their powers of perception and unruly in their refusal to conform to societal norms. Such...
Show moreRenaissance ideology positioned the witch as deviant and dangerous. Using common cultural perceptions, Shakespeare's and Middleton's dramas help both to define and to produce alternative notions of the witch. Analyzing the function of the witch as cultural icon reveals why the cultural community scapegoated certain women, particularly "wise women." These women were often older and unattached, uncanny in their powers of perception and unruly in their refusal to conform to societal norms. Such women challenged the discourse of power employed by patriarchy. The Tempest requires the reader to read through Prospero's propaganda to examine his motive for vilifying Sycorax. In The Witch, the witch is associated with the "masterless woman" who, in defying masculine authority, inverts the status quo, transgressing established boundaries of acceptable behavior. The witches in both these plays mirror Renaissance mores and belief structures, exposing the hypocrisy behind their civilized facades.
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- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12909
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Tempest, Witches in literature, Middleton, Thomas,--d 1627--Witch
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Reimaginging Shakespeare in the Young Adult Contemporary Novel.
- Creator
- Turchin, Jodi Lyn, Stockard, Emily, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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This research focuses on how Young Adult (YA) novelists adapt Shakespeare’s plays to address the concerns of a contemporary teenage audience. Through the qualitative method of content analysis, I examined adaptations of the three most commonly read texts in the high school curriculum: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. The research looked for various patterns in the adaptations and analyzed the choices made by the authors in aligning their texts to or deviating from the original plays. A...
Show moreThis research focuses on how Young Adult (YA) novelists adapt Shakespeare’s plays to address the concerns of a contemporary teenage audience. Through the qualitative method of content analysis, I examined adaptations of the three most commonly read texts in the high school curriculum: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. The research looked for various patterns in the adaptations and analyzed the choices made by the authors in aligning their texts to or deviating from the original plays. A final chapter addresses practical classroom application in using adaptations to teach the plays to high school students.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004995, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004985
- Subject Headings
- Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations--Fiction., Young adult fiction., Content analysis.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A JUNGIAN JOURNEY TO INDIVIDUATION IN "THE TEMPEST" (SHAKESPEARE).
- Creator
- ZUCKER, SCOTT., Florida Atlantic University, Faraci, Mary
- Abstract/Description
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The characterizations in The Tempest resemble the archetypes of the collective unconscious and appear to gather their momentum from Shakespeare's understanding of the individuation process. In depicting the unfolding dynamics of psychic change, the playwright anticipates Jung's theory of individuation by showing the compensatory influence these numinous figures have on the characters' conscious orientations as they move from separation to subsequent union. The characters' agitated and...
Show moreThe characterizations in The Tempest resemble the archetypes of the collective unconscious and appear to gather their momentum from Shakespeare's understanding of the individuation process. In depicting the unfolding dynamics of psychic change, the playwright anticipates Jung's theory of individuation by showing the compensatory influence these numinous figures have on the characters' conscious orientations as they move from separation to subsequent union. The characters' agitated and irrational responses to the archetypal manifestations are a reflection of the psychic division characteristic of the individuating mind. Harmony and reason are achieved as the characters heal their division by integrating the conscious contents of their projections. This enlarging of the personality and broadening of collective relationships transform The Tempest into a variation on the quest for individuation offering a psychic stage for the Jungian notions of process and renewal.
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- 1985
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14254
- Subject Headings
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Tempest, Jung, C G--(Carl Gustav),--1875-1961--Psychology, Individuation (Philosophy)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Time, place, and agency in "Richard II".
- Creator
- Goddard, Jennifer Sunshine., Florida Atlantic University, Faraci, Mary
- Abstract/Description
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In Richard II, Shakespeare left lessons for us on the effects of speech acts by leaders on the public stage. The "I" in Richard's speeches is always new: "Thus play I in one person many people" (5.5.31). Recent theories of pardons and promises made in the public sphere call attention to the layers of voices, heretofore hidden, in the first-person utterances of Richard as he attempts to interrupt the rush of history toward vengeance. Employing speech-act theory, we discover today that...
Show moreIn Richard II, Shakespeare left lessons for us on the effects of speech acts by leaders on the public stage. The "I" in Richard's speeches is always new: "Thus play I in one person many people" (5.5.31). Recent theories of pardons and promises made in the public sphere call attention to the layers of voices, heretofore hidden, in the first-person utterances of Richard as he attempts to interrupt the rush of history toward vengeance. Employing speech-act theory, we discover today that Shakespeare lets each utterance create a new voice and history for England. Shakespeare gives Richard time to begin to speak and study the world that each "I" utterance produces. The play, known for its rich language, reveals even more voices behind the public face of a king about to die: a confessor, a subject, a prisoner, a Christian, a husband, and a soldier. In every syllable spoken as first-person speaker, Richard moves the audience in images of mirrors and music through a drama of attempts to study a life.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13159
- Subject Headings
- Richard,--II,--King of England,--1367-1400., Great Britain--History--Richard II, 1377-1399., Speech acts (Linguistics), Semantics., Discourse analysis., Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Language.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The food of fools: an analysis of the Fools' gustatory imagery in King Lear.
- Creator
- Sparer, Sara Rafferty., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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The character of the Fool in William Shakespeare's King Lear uses hitherto unexamined gustatory imagery as a linguistic device to achieve the literary fool's function of imparting wisdom that masquerades as nonsense. While previous critics have analyzed the linguistic devices of puns, riddles, and rhymes used by medieval and Renaissance literary fools, this thesis argues not only that the Fool's gustatory imagery constitutes the dominant motif in the play, but also employs food theory to...
Show moreThe character of the Fool in William Shakespeare's King Lear uses hitherto unexamined gustatory imagery as a linguistic device to achieve the literary fool's function of imparting wisdom that masquerades as nonsense. While previous critics have analyzed the linguistic devices of puns, riddles, and rhymes used by medieval and Renaissance literary fools, this thesis argues not only that the Fool's gustatory imagery constitutes the dominant motif in the play, but also employs food theory to demonstrate how these image patterns provide political commentary on the dramatic action. The Fool's pattern of gustatory imagery is employed as well by characters who can be seen as variations on the wise fool. Through these characters, Shakespeare establishes a food chain motif that classifies some characters as all-consumptive, even cannibalistic, and others as their starving prey. The pattern of food imagery offers a range of perspectives, from highly critical to idealistic, on the play's meaning and political relationships.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/227981
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Symbolism in literature, Food, Symbolic aspects, Food in literature, Literature and society, Criticism and interpretion
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Silence, Expression, Manifestation: Developing Female Desire and Gender Balance in Early Modern Italian, English, and Spanish Drama.
- Creator
- Baccinelli, Mitchel, Conrod, Frédéric, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Lingustics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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Renaissance and Baroque drama offers a view into gender dynamics of the time. What is seen is a development in the allowed expression and manifestation of desire by females, beginning from a point of near silence, and arriving at points of verbal statement and even physical violence. Specifically, in La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega, there appears a chronological progression, whereby using desire and its...
Show moreRenaissance and Baroque drama offers a view into gender dynamics of the time. What is seen is a development in the allowed expression and manifestation of desire by females, beginning from a point of near silence, and arriving at points of verbal statement and even physical violence. Specifically, in La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega, there appears a chronological progression, whereby using desire and its expression as a metric in conjunction with modern concepts of gender and sexuality to measure a shift in relation to what is and is not allowed to be expressed by women.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004717, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004717
- Subject Headings
- Baroque literature -- Criticism and interpretation, Desire in literature, English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Criticism and interpretation, Italian literature -- 17th century -- Criticism and interpretation, Machiavelli, Niccolò -- 1469-1527 -- Mandragola -- Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William -- 1564-1616 -- Romeo and Juliet -- Criticism and interpretation, Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Criticism and interpretation, Vega, Lope de -- 1562-1635 -- Fuente Ovejuna -- Criticism and interpretation
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- Document (PDF)