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... once perverts it with refinement and surpasses it . Shakespeare , who is also an heir of the Marlowe tradition , some- times , like Marlowe , carves out a Machiavellian villain — a Richard of Gloucester grinning over his victories or ...
... once perverts it with refinement and surpasses it . Shakespeare , who is also an heir of the Marlowe tradition , some- times , like Marlowe , carves out a Machiavellian villain — a Richard of Gloucester grinning over his victories or ...
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... once only . Perfection cannot be repeated . Aristotle , no doubt , would have liked to pin down this per- fection by borrowing from the old classical models his famous rules which were revived , many centuries later , for quite a dif ...
... once only . Perfection cannot be repeated . Aristotle , no doubt , would have liked to pin down this per- fection by borrowing from the old classical models his famous rules which were revived , many centuries later , for quite a dif ...
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... Once this idea has been granted , we shall have no objection to recognizing that the Elizabethan dramatist's style is one of im- passioned poetic rhetoric , the two commonest functions of which are to persuade and to touch the emotions ...
... Once this idea has been granted , we shall have no objection to recognizing that the Elizabethan dramatist's style is one of im- passioned poetic rhetoric , the two commonest functions of which are to persuade and to touch the emotions ...
Contents
PART TWO TECHNIQUE | 77 |
THE CHARACTERS | 129 |
PART THREE THE THEMES | 187 |
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