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 14
... dead , or alive , or wandering somewhere in exile ( the possibility I tend to favor ) . Some authors indeed are dead , but not William Shakespeare . As for dramatic characters , I never know how to take the assurances ( and ...
... dead , or alive , or wandering somewhere in exile ( the possibility I tend to favor ) . Some authors indeed are dead , but not William Shakespeare . As for dramatic characters , I never know how to take the assurances ( and ...
Page 69
... dead men's skulls , and in the holes Where eyes did once inhabit , there were crept- As ' twere in scorn of eyes - reflecting gems , That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep , And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by . Keep . Had ...
... dead men's skulls , and in the holes Where eyes did once inhabit , there were crept- As ' twere in scorn of eyes - reflecting gems , That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep , And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by . Keep . Had ...
Page 88
... dead Ophelia or the dead father , the dead Gertrude or the dead Yorick , and one wonders if this frightening charismatic ever could have loved anyone . If there were an Act VI to Shakespeare's come- dies , doubtless many of the ...
... dead Ophelia or the dead father , the dead Gertrude or the dead Yorick , and one wonders if this frightening charismatic ever could have loved anyone . If there were an Act VI to Shakespeare's come- dies , doubtless many of the ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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