Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. |
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Page 51
... better play than the one in which he finds himself , and a better king to serve than his wretched uncle , John . Being a hopeless Romantic ( my crit- ical enemies would say , a sentimentalist ) , I would also like Falstaff at the end of ...
... better play than the one in which he finds himself , and a better king to serve than his wretched uncle , John . Being a hopeless Romantic ( my crit- ical enemies would say , a sentimentalist ) , I would also like Falstaff at the end of ...
Page 216
... better served by Jaques's satirical eloquence , and we can imagine Fal- staff laughing at those " seeking the bubble ... better acquainted with thee . Ros . They say you are a melancholy fellow . Jaques . I am so . I do love it better ...
... better served by Jaques's satirical eloquence , and we can imagine Fal- staff laughing at those " seeking the bubble ... better acquainted with thee . Ros . They say you are a melancholy fellow . Jaques . I am so . I do love it better ...
Page 311
... better ; tush , man , mortal men , mortal men . " Would it be more honorable if you tossed on a pike better - fed , better - clothed impressed men ? How could one state it more tellingly : Fal- staff's recruits have all the necessary ...
... better ; tush , man , mortal men , mortal men . " Would it be more honorable if you tossed on a pike better - fed , better - clothed impressed men ? How could one state it more tellingly : Fal- staff's recruits have all the necessary ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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