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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Page 11
... wrote about our research in 1976 in a way that put us in touch with great re- sources of information . Facts we needed came to us from National Public Radio , the Reference Division of the United States Copyright Office , and the ...
... wrote about our research in 1976 in a way that put us in touch with great re- sources of information . Facts we needed came to us from National Public Radio , the Reference Division of the United States Copyright Office , and the ...
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... wrote to his friend on the average six times a month letters that ran as long as forty - three pages and averaged nine . From the beginning Crosby played the role of scholarly mentor and older friend , though there is noth- ing ...
... wrote to his friend on the average six times a month letters that ran as long as forty - three pages and averaged nine . From the beginning Crosby played the role of scholarly mentor and older friend , though there is noth- ing ...
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... wrote on the stationery of his residence hotel , The Mills House , on bills and advertising flyers from his grocery store , on hotel stationery from the Ohio and West Virginia towns he stayed in while engaged in insurance business , on ...
... wrote on the stationery of his residence hotel , The Mills House , on bills and advertising flyers from his grocery store , on hotel stationery from the Ohio and West Virginia towns he stayed in while engaged in insurance business , on ...
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... wrote , even when read aloud in mixed company : " Aut Shakespeare , aut nullus . " The decorum of reading from an unbowdlerized Shakespeare is unpreten- tiously spelled out in letter 230. Crosby was interested in Shakespearian obscenity ...
... wrote , even when read aloud in mixed company : " Aut Shakespeare , aut nullus . " The decorum of reading from an unbowdlerized Shakespeare is unpreten- tiously spelled out in letter 230. Crosby was interested in Shakespearian obscenity ...
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... wrote out of these resources and to Joseph Parker Norris and Henry Clay Folger for having the good sense to preserve what he wrote.5 59 NOTES 1. Isaac N. Demmon , who compiled the Catalogue for Bangs , the auction house , was probably ...
... wrote out of these resources and to Joseph Parker Norris and Henry Clay Folger for having the good sense to preserve what he wrote.5 59 NOTES 1. Isaac N. Demmon , who compiled the Catalogue for Bangs , the auction house , was probably ...
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