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Page 7
... thinks back to Snitterfield, where his mother's father owned land. The family property in Snitterfield being subject to a law suit, acquisitive Shakespeare, collecting bits of old string, took note of the commissioners adjudicating this ...
... thinks back to Snitterfield, where his mother's father owned land. The family property in Snitterfield being subject to a law suit, acquisitive Shakespeare, collecting bits of old string, took note of the commissioners adjudicating this ...
Page 11
... think that Shakespeare, back- wardlooking, shared this vision. In As You Like It, he brings on stage the "antique world" before the cash nexus and dog eat dog. Faithful Adam in this play embodies the golden world, as it might be Richard ...
... think that Shakespeare, back- wardlooking, shared this vision. In As You Like It, he brings on stage the "antique world" before the cash nexus and dog eat dog. Faithful Adam in this play embodies the golden world, as it might be Richard ...
Page 13
... thinks. His anarch is suicidal, floating on the wild and violent sea. Shakespeare has an image for Oswald, the halcyon, our kingfisher, often noticed in emblem books, popular collections of moralized pictures. A fabulous bird, the ...
... thinks. His anarch is suicidal, floating on the wild and violent sea. Shakespeare has an image for Oswald, the halcyon, our kingfisher, often noticed in emblem books, popular collections of moralized pictures. A fabulous bird, the ...
Page 17
... thinks. In Timon of Athens, a fable lifted from Plutarch and tinkered to make a social critique, we hear how the commonwealth has become "a forest of beasts." For Athens read England. "Crack the lawyer's voice," the angry hero urges ...
... thinks. In Timon of Athens, a fable lifted from Plutarch and tinkered to make a social critique, we hear how the commonwealth has become "a forest of beasts." For Athens read England. "Crack the lawyer's voice," the angry hero urges ...
Page 22
... thinks back to this in Henry VIII. Warwick Castle, in his time, still preserved the hero's sword. "After he had done great victories," John Leland said, "he came and lived in this place like a hermit." Keeper of the King's libraries ...
... thinks back to this in Henry VIII. Warwick Castle, in his time, still preserved the hero's sword. "After he had done great victories," John Leland said, "he came and lived in this place like a hermit." Keeper of the King's libraries ...
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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