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 107
... fear'd Than what I fear ; for always I am Caesar . Come on my right hand , for this ear is deaf , And tell me truly what thou think'st of him . [ I.ii. 188-211 ] Caesar is accurate , and Antony is not ; Shakespeare scarcely could have ...
... fear'd Than what I fear ; for always I am Caesar . Come on my right hand , for this ear is deaf , And tell me truly what thou think'st of him . [ I.ii. 188-211 ] Caesar is accurate , and Antony is not ; Shakespeare scarcely could have ...
Page 543
... fear " fi- nally is of ourselves . If we submit to it - and Shakespeare gives us little choice then we follow ... fear in Macbeth was also Wilson Knight's : Whilst Macbeth lives in conflict with himself there is misery , evil , fear ...
... fear " fi- nally is of ourselves . If we submit to it - and Shakespeare gives us little choice then we follow ... fear in Macbeth was also Wilson Knight's : Whilst Macbeth lives in conflict with himself there is misery , evil , fear ...
Page 630
... Fear no more the lightning - flash . Arv . Nor th ' all - dreaded thunder - stone . Gui . Fear not slander , censure rash . Both . Thou hast finish'd joy and moan . All lovers young , all lovers must Consign to thee , and come to dust ...
... Fear no more the lightning - flash . Arv . Nor th ' all - dreaded thunder - stone . Gui . Fear not slander , censure rash . Both . Thou hast finish'd joy and moan . All lovers young , all lovers must Consign to thee , and come to dust ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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