William Shakespeare: The TragediesSeries Editors: Kinley E. Roby, Northeastern University; Herbert Sussman, Northeastern University; Joseph Bartolomeo, University of Massachusetts; George Economou, University of Oklahoma; Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts. TWAYNES UNITED STATES AUTHORS, ENGLISH AUTHORS, and WORLD AUTHORS Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading the Authors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives. Each volume features: a critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works; a brief biography of the author; an accessible chronology outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of the author; aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography, and an index; and a readable style presented in a manageable length. |
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... doth live But to the earth some special good doth give ; Nor ought so good but strained from that fair use Revolts from true birth , stumbling on abuse . ( 2.3.9-20 ) The Friar , in the fullest sense , is aware . It is the other older ...
... doth leave , But from the grandsyre to the nephewes sonne , And all his seed the curse doth often cleave Till vengeance utterly the guilt bereave : So streightly God doth judge . " At the ending of Romeo and Juliet , the Prince , the ...
... doth corrupt the state / Of minds and things , even in the best of all " ( Gorboduc , 1.2.220-22 ) . He is pursuing a virtually sacred Eliz- abethan tenet when he declares : " Within one land , one single rule is best./Divided reigns do ...