The Wheel of FireOriginally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. Standing head and shoulders above all other Shakespearean interpretations, this is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar, G. Wilson Knight. Founding a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism, Wheel of Fire was Knight's first venture in the field - his writing sparkles with insight and wit, and his analyses are key to contemporary understandings of Shakespeare. |
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... of this kind we cannot have too much respect . ' The Times Literary Supplement ' Wilson Knight's essay in The Wheel of Fire gives the only adequate account of Measure for Measure I know . ' F. R. Leavis , The Common Pursuit.
... of this kind we cannot have too much respect . ' The Times Literary Supplement ' Wilson Knight's essay in The Wheel of Fire gives the only adequate account of Measure for Measure I know . ' F. R. Leavis , The Common Pursuit.
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... Measure for Measure and the Gospels The Othello Music Brutus and Macbeth Macbeth and the Metaphysic of Evil 8 King Lear and the Comedy of the Grotesque The Pilgrimage of Hate : an Essay on Timon of Athens 9 The Lear Universe 10 11 ...
... Measure for Measure and the Gospels The Othello Music Brutus and Macbeth Macbeth and the Metaphysic of Evil 8 King Lear and the Comedy of the Grotesque The Pilgrimage of Hate : an Essay on Timon of Athens 9 The Lear Universe 10 11 ...
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... measure , to translate into discursive reasoning , it can recognize no division of ' good ' from ' bad ' . Thus criticism is active and looks ahead , often treat- ing past work as material on which to base future standards and canons of ...
... measure , to translate into discursive reasoning , it can recognize no division of ' good ' from ' bad ' . Thus criticism is active and looks ahead , often treat- ing past work as material on which to base future standards and canons of ...
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... Measure for Measure or Macbeth without reference to their especial ' atmospheres ' is rather like forgetting the war as we read or witness Journey's End ; or the cherry orchard in Tchehov's famous play . There is , however , a ...
... Measure for Measure or Macbeth without reference to their especial ' atmospheres ' is rather like forgetting the war as we read or witness Journey's End ; or the cherry orchard in Tchehov's famous play . There is , however , a ...
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... Measure for Measure , Macbeth , and King Lear . In Hamlet the spatial element is mainly confined to the theme of Hamlet and the Ghost , both sharply contrasted with their environment : thus the play offers a less unified statement as a ...
... Measure for Measure , Macbeth , and King Lear . In Hamlet the spatial element is mainly confined to the theme of Hamlet and the Ghost , both sharply contrasted with their environment : thus the play offers a less unified statement as a ...
Contents
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The Pilosophy of Troilus and Cressida | 48 |
Measure for Measure and the Gospels | 77 |
The Othello Music | 107 |
Brutus and Macbeth | 134 |
Macbeth and the Metaphysic of Evil | 158 |
King Lear and the Comedy of the Grotesque | 179 |
The Pilgrimage of Hate an Essay on Timon of Athens | 233 |
Shakespeare and Tolstoy | 271 |
Symbolic Personification | 281 |
The Shakespearian Metaphysic | 289 |
Tolstoys Attack on Shakespeare 1934 | 304 |
Hamlet Reconsidered 1947 | 336 |
TWO NOTES ON THE TEXT OF HAMLET 1947 | 365 |
The Lear Universe | 199 |
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