critics Flashcards
valerie traub short middle ground quote
what the drama enacts is the disappearance of any middle ground
valerie traub chastity and middle ground long quote
“for women in shakespearean drama, ‘chastity’ requires being still, cold and closed… What is striking is the minimal room within which to manoeuvre; even a minimum of erotic warmth is quickly transmogrified into intemperate heat. Indeed what the drama enacts is the disappearance of any middle ground
“for women in shakespearean drama, ‘chastity’ requires being still, cold and closed… What is striking is the minimal room within which to manoeuvre; even a minimum of erotic warmth is quickly transmogrified into intemperate heat. Indeed what the drama enacts is the disappearance of any middle ground
name of critic
valerie traub
madeleine doran qote on slander
in shakespeare slander is one of the worst evils; it is a vice I do not recall ever being excused
name of critic
in shakespeare slander is one of the worst evils; it is a vice I do not recall ever being excused
madeleine doran
valerie wayne on who is left alive on stage
“Shakespeare’s Venice […] is not a place that can tolerate difference; the only characters left alive on stage are white men”
name of critic
“Shakespeare’s Venice […] is not a place that can tolerate difference; the only characters left alive on stage are white men”
valerie wayne
george bernard shaw on the sound of words
“word music […] sweeps the scenes up to a plane on which sense is drowned in sound”
“word music […] sweeps the scenes up to a plane on which sense is drowned in sound”
george bernard shaw
Kenneth Burke on ownership of des
“ownership in the profoundest sense of ownership”
valerie traub on the 4 roles of women
‘Maid, wife, widow, whore: these are the positions accorded to women in early modern society’
t s eliot on othello’s last aria
“Othello in his last aria is merely cheering himself up”
“Othello in his last aria is merely cheering himself up”
name of critic
t s eliot
John Bayley “No one in Othello comes to
John Bayley “No one in Othello comes to understand himself or anyone else. None of them realize their situation.”
“No one in Othello comes to understand himself or anyone else. None of them realize their situation.”
John Bayley
