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Banquo in Macbeth suggests what this is when he resolves to keep his “bosom franchised.” Shakespeare's language, as often, needs a comment. Banquo's “franchised” is free, as when we get the vote or are enfranchised, and his “bosom,” ...
Banquo in Macbeth suggests what this is when he resolves to keep his “bosom franchised.” Shakespeare's language, as often, needs a comment. Banquo's “franchised” is free, as when we get the vote or are enfranchised, and his “bosom,” ...
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Macbeth, in a gratuitous-seeming speech that calls attention to itself, suggests how men and dogs are alike beneath the skin. “Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,” shaggy-haired dogs, dogs that take to the water, ...
Macbeth, in a gratuitous-seeming speech that calls attention to itself, suggests how men and dogs are alike beneath the skin. “Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,” shaggy-haired dogs, dogs that take to the water, ...
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As the title suggests, this is specialist work and not intended for the general reader, however literate. The best biography of Shakespeare is S. Schoenbaum's A Documentary Life (1975), the second best is G. E. Bentley's Biographical ...
As the title suggests, this is specialist work and not intended for the general reader, however literate. The best biography of Shakespeare is S. Schoenbaum's A Documentary Life (1975), the second best is G. E. Bentley's Biographical ...
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She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap perforce must wither And come to deadly use. "Perforce" is the word, no help for it. Bearing witness to natural process, Shakespeare suggests a moral order to moral ...
She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap perforce must wither And come to deadly use. "Perforce" is the word, no help for it. Bearing witness to natural process, Shakespeare suggests a moral order to moral ...
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A skeptical despot, unlike her bigoted sister but suggesting "Laodicean" Shakespeare, the Queen got on without opinions, not believing in much except herself and England's greatness. In the reign of Elizabeth, if you wanted to save your ...
A skeptical despot, unlike her bigoted sister but suggesting "Laodicean" Shakespeare, the Queen got on without opinions, not believing in much except herself and England's greatness. In the reign of Elizabeth, if you wanted to save your ...
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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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