Lear's Self-discoveryUniversity of California Press, 1967 - 154 pages |
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Page 44
... tragic hero as thinker . And to appreciate and understand this mental aspect of Lear , and the dramatic art behind it , we must first make a survey of Shakespeare's earlier experiments of this kind . We shall then see , I believe , that ...
... tragic hero as thinker . And to appreciate and understand this mental aspect of Lear , and the dramatic art behind it , we must first make a survey of Shakespeare's earlier experiments of this kind . We shall then see , I believe , that ...
Page 47
... tragic hero's mind reacts to adversity . When Titus sees the ravished and maimed Lavinia , his study is solely how to express his grief : Shall thy good uncle and thy brother Lucius And thou and I sit round about some fountain , Looking ...
... tragic hero's mind reacts to adversity . When Titus sees the ravished and maimed Lavinia , his study is solely how to express his grief : Shall thy good uncle and thy brother Lucius And thou and I sit round about some fountain , Looking ...
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... tragic study similar in success to what Middleton and Rowley achieved in DeFlores . But , except for one fine scene near the con- clusion , there is no advantage taken of Richard as a tragic hero of the sympathetic type — that is , if ...
... tragic study similar in success to what Middleton and Rowley achieved in DeFlores . But , except for one fine scene near the con- clusion , there is no advantage taken of Richard as a tragic hero of the sympathetic type — that is , if ...
Contents
Some Renaissance Contexts | 12 |
The Emergence of Lear as Thinker | 44 |
Other Characters on the Rack | 83 |
Copyright | |
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