One Touch of Shakespeare: Letters of Joseph Crosby to Joseph Parker Norris, 1875-1878A collection of excerpts from 251 letters written by a shy widower and grocer in Zanesville. Ohio, who, in his time, was one of three Americans who could be called learned and eminent Shakespeareans. They are concerned with book collection, stage production, stage history, the state of the English language in Shakespeare's time, criticism, and interpretation of the text. |
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... learned Shakespearians " in an eminent sense . " Crosby had one of the best Shakespeare libraries in America ; fur- thermore , he had assisted the work of such scholars as H. H. Furness , C. M. Ingleby , Denton J. Snider , and Henry N ...
... learned Shakespearians " in an eminent sense . " Crosby had one of the best Shakespeare libraries in America ; fur- thermore , he had assisted the work of such scholars as H. H. Furness , C. M. Ingleby , Denton J. Snider , and Henry N ...
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... learned Shakespearians " in an eminent sense . " 1 In the belief that this statement was accurate , we are making available in this edition excerpts from Joseph Crosby's correspondence ( 1875-1878 ) with his friend and fellow Shakes ...
... learned Shakespearians " in an eminent sense . " 1 In the belief that this statement was accurate , we are making available in this edition excerpts from Joseph Crosby's correspondence ( 1875-1878 ) with his friend and fellow Shakes ...
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... learned his classics and imbibed the scholarly cast of mind that he retained four decades later in the unconge- nial environment of the American Midwest.15 He won a prize at age fifteen for his translation of the Ars Poetica ( 35 ) and ...
... learned his classics and imbibed the scholarly cast of mind that he retained four decades later in the unconge- nial environment of the American Midwest.15 He won a prize at age fifteen for his translation of the Ars Poetica ( 35 ) and ...
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... learned annotations in the margins of his favorite editions and books of explication17 or writing long letters to Norris that drew on the resources of the collection . Crosby had begun gathering the library in the mid - 1860s ( 64 ) ...
... learned annotations in the margins of his favorite editions and books of explication17 or writing long letters to Norris that drew on the resources of the collection . Crosby had begun gathering the library in the mid - 1860s ( 64 ) ...
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