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But energizing doesn't mean troubled. Whatever the subject, Shakespeare's art is happy. Its burden may be grief and vexation, but “the unseen good old man” behind the arras converts it to profit. Living much in the world, ...
But energizing doesn't mean troubled. Whatever the subject, Shakespeare's art is happy. Its burden may be grief and vexation, but “the unseen good old man” behind the arras converts it to profit. Living much in the world, ...
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Inert in themselves, the facts are like a newspaper obit. Sometimes they quicken, though, hinting at the man in his habit (or habits). In setting forth the facts, I attempt to construe them, saying what they mean ...
Inert in themselves, the facts are like a newspaper obit. Sometimes they quicken, though, hinting at the man in his habit (or habits). In setting forth the facts, I attempt to construe them, saying what they mean ...
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Sensibility means the quality of his feeling as expressed in the very language he uses, including metrical language; psychology means his reading of man. For estimating his art, these two are the principal indices of value.
Sensibility means the quality of his feeling as expressed in the very language he uses, including metrical language; psychology means his reading of man. For estimating his art, these two are the principal indices of value.
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He thinks “There's place and means for every man alive” (4.3). Shakespeare's psychology meets St. Thomas's in one particular, that his characters, all of them, have “the wisdom by their wit to lose” (Merchant of Venice 2.9).
He thinks “There's place and means for every man alive” (4.3). Shakespeare's psychology meets St. Thomas's in one particular, that his characters, all of them, have “the wisdom by their wit to lose” (Merchant of Venice 2.9).
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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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