Cantor 's comment both affirms that Shakespeare had a purpose in carefully constructing the political setting of his plays .
Cantor 's suggests that only those outside the discipline of literary criticism can inform those aspects of a literary work that address supra - literary topics .
Cantor 's comment both affirms that Shakespeare had a purpose in carefully constructing the political setting of his plays , and suggests that only those outside the discipline of literary criticism can inform those aspects of a literary work that address supra - literary topics .