LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

This research analyses Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) symptoms in King Leontes, the central character of William Shakespeare's drama The Winter's Tale. While previous studies have examined Shakespearean jealousy from literary perspectives, limited attention has been paid to clinical psychological analysis using established diagnostic frameworks. This study addresses that gap. Using a descriptive qualitative met…

Reference · Wikidata

form of literary criticism in which a performance of a play is analyzed based on content, style, and merit

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Theatre criticism is a genre of arts criticism, and the act of writing or speaking about the performing arts such as a play or opera.

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Book · DOAB

Examining how playwrights from Shakespeare to Marlowe represented religious dissimulation on stage, Kilian Schindler argues that debates about the legitimacy of dissembling one's faith were closely bound up with early modern conceptions of theatricality. A fascinating study for scholars of early modern theatre, religion and politics alike. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Full text · Open Library

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This is the first comprehensive study of the dramas of Nicodemus Frischlin (1547–1590), one of the most versatile and complex playwrights of early modern Germany. Frischlin’s broad range encompassed biblical, confessional, and historical drama, all of which expressed bold social and political criticism. His plays were influential, frequently printed and translated, and often controversial. He ended his short life tr…