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... Shakespeare , Gervinus , tells us that the " cleft which separates Shakespeare from his predecessors in history is not so great as that which divides him from them in tragedy and comedy . " He suggests certain reasons for this ...
... Shakespeare , Gervinus , tells us that the " cleft which separates Shakespeare from his predecessors in history is not so great as that which divides him from them in tragedy and comedy . " He suggests certain reasons for this ...
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... Shakespeare went to London - it is said in consequence of a youthful escapade . The story runs that he was fined by Sir Thomas Lucy for joining in a deer - stalking expedition to Charlecote Park , and that in retaliation the young poet ...
... Shakespeare went to London - it is said in consequence of a youthful escapade . The story runs that he was fined by Sir Thomas Lucy for joining in a deer - stalking expedition to Charlecote Park , and that in retaliation the young poet ...
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... Shakespeare's non - dramatic writings consist of the poems Venus and Adonis and Lucrece , and a large group of very fine Sonnets . The sonnet form employed by Shakespeare has been spoken of ( p . 48 ) . The subject is , mainly ...
... Shakespeare's non - dramatic writings consist of the poems Venus and Adonis and Lucrece , and a large group of very fine Sonnets . The sonnet form employed by Shakespeare has been spoken of ( p . 48 ) . The subject is , mainly ...
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