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The formulation is Aristotle's in his Poetics, and whether Shakespeare knew him at first hand doesn't matter. Whoever his master in the art of making plays, his plays unfold sequentially. “These strong Egyptian fetters I must break,” ...
The formulation is Aristotle's in his Poetics, and whether Shakespeare knew him at first hand doesn't matter. Whoever his master in the art of making plays, his plays unfold sequentially. “These strong Egyptian fetters I must break,” ...
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Earlier centuries knew it as the Psychomachia or spirit war. It is the principal subject of Shakespearean drama. The antagonists in this struggle have their illustrious or notorious seconds: reason, on the side of good, throwing a light ...
Earlier centuries knew it as the Psychomachia or spirit war. It is the principal subject of Shakespearean drama. The antagonists in this struggle have their illustrious or notorious seconds: reason, on the side of good, throwing a light ...
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He knew about history, nobles fighting kings. Except to those who died, much of the fighting meant little. At the end of Henry IV, Part One, Shakespeare's best history play, the soldiers troop off together, resolved to go at it another ...
He knew about history, nobles fighting kings. Except to those who died, much of the fighting meant little. At the end of Henry IV, Part One, Shakespeare's best history play, the soldiers troop off together, resolved to go at it another ...
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A rising man in Snitterfield, he had an eye to reward and knew how to achieve it. When he died in the winter of 1561, he left goods worth almost £39, more than the neighborhood vicar. Warham, Henry VIH's Archbishop of Canterbury, ...
A rising man in Snitterfield, he had an eye to reward and knew how to achieve it. When he died in the winter of 1561, he left goods worth almost £39, more than the neighborhood vicar. Warham, Henry VIH's Archbishop of Canterbury, ...
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His people were people of a book, the Bible, if not his favorite text the one he knew best. He heard the Bishops' Bible, standard in most churches, and read the Geneva version, leaning toward Calvin. The Book of Samuel introduced him to ...
His people were people of a book, the Bible, if not his favorite text the one he knew best. He heard the Bishops' Bible, standard in most churches, and read the Geneva version, leaning toward Calvin. The Book of Samuel introduced him to ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 25 | |
Shadows of Himself | 79 |
WildGoose Chase | 107 |
A Motley to the View | 136 |
For Ted and Lloyd St Antoine | 155 |
The Dyers Hand | 163 |
Index | 195 |
Sailing to Illyria 65 | 65 |
Fools of Nature 101 | 101 |
PR2894 F65 2007 | 106 |
Treason in the Blood 134 | 134 |
The Wine of Life 160 | 160 |
Bravest at the Last 188 | 188 |
Unpathed Waters Undreamed Shores | 217 |
Journeys End | 247 |
Includes bibliographical references and index | 1 |
The Revolution of the Times 34 | 34 |
Index | 281 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare |
| Author | Russell A. Fraser |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412834031, 9781412834032 |
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