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Page xvii
... never close with him unless they go to school to Schoenbaum and his sedulous marshalling of facts. Sedulous in its root sense is guileless, without prepossession. All facts aren't created equal, however, and as Pope reminds us, “not to ...
... never close with him unless they go to school to Schoenbaum and his sedulous marshalling of facts. Sedulous in its root sense is guileless, without prepossession. All facts aren't created equal, however, and as Pope reminds us, “not to ...
Page xviii
... never “odi et amo,” both together. In Shakespeare's inclusive art these opposites coexist, preserving their integrity as in an emulsion. The greatest of the Henry plays shows its hero, Prince Hal, solicited by different modes of ...
... never “odi et amo,” both together. In Shakespeare's inclusive art these opposites coexist, preserving their integrity as in an emulsion. The greatest of the Henry plays shows its hero, Prince Hal, solicited by different modes of ...
Page xix
... never mind the exceptions, no children in Shakespeare, no idiots either. Shakespeare's characters are fully fledged, “out of the nest,” and must choose for themselves like Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice. As the moment of choice ...
... never mind the exceptions, no children in Shakespeare, no idiots either. Shakespeare's characters are fully fledged, “out of the nest,” and must choose for themselves like Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice. As the moment of choice ...
Page xx
... never that. Whether the hero wins or loses or even lives or dies isn't the play's matter of moment. Banquo in Macbeth suggests what this is when he resolves to keep his “bosom franchised.” Shakespeare's language, as often, needs a ...
... never that. Whether the hero wins or loses or even lives or dies isn't the play's matter of moment. Banquo in Macbeth suggests what this is when he resolves to keep his “bosom franchised.” Shakespeare's language, as often, needs a ...
Page xxiii
... never moves except under the shadow of good. This doesn't work for Shakespeare. Believing in prodigies beyond the ken of behavioral science, he makes room in his repertory for characters whose very mainspring of behavior is evil. “Burrs ...
... never moves except under the shadow of good. This doesn't work for Shakespeare. Believing in prodigies beyond the ken of behavioral science, he makes room in his repertory for characters whose very mainspring of behavior is evil. “Burrs ...
Contents
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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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