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 33
... women are so simple . " It requires a very good actress to deliver this set piece prop- erly , and a better director than we tend to have now , if the actress is to be given her full chance , for she is advising women how to rule ...
... women are so simple . " It requires a very good actress to deliver this set piece prop- erly , and a better director than we tend to have now , if the actress is to be given her full chance , for she is advising women how to rule ...
Page 225
... women - as I perceive by your simpering none of you hates them — that between you and the women the play may please . If I were a woman , I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me , complexions that liked me , and ...
... women - as I perceive by your simpering none of you hates them — that between you and the women the play may please . If I were a woman , I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me , complexions that liked me , and ...
Page 568
... women , women ! Look , Our lamp is spent , it's out . Good sirs , take heart , We'll bury him : and then , what's brave , what's noble , Let's do it after the high Roman fashion , And make death proud to take us . Come , away , This ...
... women , women ! Look , Our lamp is spent , it's out . Good sirs , take heart , We'll bury him : and then , what's brave , what's noble , Let's do it after the high Roman fashion , And make death proud to take us . Come , away , This ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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