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 98
... fall upon thy face ? Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit , Wilt thou not , Jule ? ' And , by my holidame , The pretty wretch left crying and said ' Ay ' . To see now how a jest shall come about . I warrant , and I should ...
... fall upon thy face ? Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit , Wilt thou not , Jule ? ' And , by my holidame , The pretty wretch left crying and said ' Ay ' . To see now how a jest shall come about . I warrant , and I should ...
Page 343
... fall of reputations in battle , the per- suasive orations of the " dog - fox " Ulysses — is summed up in the pungent formula " Welcome ever smiles , / And farewell goes out sighing . " That em- braces all action in the symbolic gesture ...
... fall of reputations in battle , the per- suasive orations of the " dog - fox " Ulysses — is summed up in the pungent formula " Welcome ever smiles , / And farewell goes out sighing . " That em- braces all action in the symbolic gesture ...
Page 690
... fall : Let's dry our eyes ; and thus far hear me Cromwell , And when I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in dull cold marble , where no mention Of me more must be heard of , say I taught thee ; Say Wolsey , that once trod the ...
... fall : Let's dry our eyes ; and thus far hear me Cromwell , And when I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in dull cold marble , where no mention Of me more must be heard of , say I taught thee ; Say Wolsey , that once trod the ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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