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... story of Venus and Adonis as an exemplum of narration . We see how that was taken up and given all too much narration later - for Venus and Adonis is inordinately elaborated . Above all , there was inventio , or discoursing upon a theme ...
... story of Venus and Adonis as an exemplum of narration . We see how that was taken up and given all too much narration later - for Venus and Adonis is inordinately elaborated . Above all , there was inventio , or discoursing upon a theme ...
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... stories and suggestions from mythology , we have the plays influenced by classical drama , as The Comedy of Errors is ... story of Tereus and the cutting out of Philomela's tongue , from Ovid , with the grisly feast of Thyestes , serving ...
... stories and suggestions from mythology , we have the plays influenced by classical drama , as The Comedy of Errors is ... story of Tereus and the cutting out of Philomela's tongue , from Ovid , with the grisly feast of Thyestes , serving ...
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... story came from Cinthio's Hundred Tales , of which a French version appeared in 1584 ( the lodger could have met it at the Montjoys ) . The story also appeared in Fenton's translation of Bandello - which Shakespeare consulted . Sir ...
... story came from Cinthio's Hundred Tales , of which a French version appeared in 1584 ( the lodger could have met it at the Montjoys ) . The story also appeared in Fenton's translation of Bandello - which Shakespeare consulted . Sir ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
Shakespeares Education I | 11 |
Shakespeare and the Classics | 14 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Shakespearean Scholarship: A Guide for Actors and Students Leslie O'Dell No preview available - 2002 |