Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 8 IS - 2 T2 - Polish Journal of English Studies SP - 83-100 ID - bbbo602 T1 - "Towards Modernism; Transition, Treachery and Theatricality in William Empson's readings of Shakespeare" AU - Cotterill, Rowland PY - 2022 DA - 2026 LA - English AB - Considers William Empson's criticism about Shakespeare (q.v.) as emblematic of modernist critical frameworks. Describes Empson's analysis of Hamlet's tragedy, Cleopatra's treachery, and Falstaff's theatricality. English summary, 83.  ER -