Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. |
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Page 276
... Falstaff " is an operatic impostor ) . The Fal- staffiad is tragicomedy ; the Henriad is patriotic ( with some shadings ! ) his- tory . I wish that Shakespeare had not told us of the death of Falstaff in Henry V but instead had carried ...
... Falstaff " is an operatic impostor ) . The Fal- staffiad is tragicomedy ; the Henriad is patriotic ( with some shadings ! ) his- tory . I wish that Shakespeare had not told us of the death of Falstaff in Henry V but instead had carried ...
Page 299
... Falstaff's perpetual reinvention of language . Socrates teases you into truth ; Falstaff the parodist inundates you with wordplay . Those who detest Falstaff , in and out of his plays , insist that the fat knight drowns himself in his ...
... Falstaff's perpetual reinvention of language . Socrates teases you into truth ; Falstaff the parodist inundates you with wordplay . Those who detest Falstaff , in and out of his plays , insist that the fat knight drowns himself in his ...
Page 302
... Falstaff , kind Jack Falstaff , true Jack Falstaff , valiant Jack Falstaff , and therefore more valiant , being as he is old Jack Falstaff , banish not him thy Harry's company , banish plump Jack , and banish all the world . Prince . I ...
... Falstaff , kind Jack Falstaff , true Jack Falstaff , valiant Jack Falstaff , and therefore more valiant , being as he is old Jack Falstaff , banish not him thy Harry's company , banish plump Jack , and banish all the world . Prince . I ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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