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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... matter , nor do they matter , nor their unfortunate young women . Launce and his dog Crab matter ; for the rest , I have to conclude that Shakespeare cheerfully and knowingly travesties love and friendship alike , thus clearing the ...
... matter , nor do they matter , nor their unfortunate young women . Launce and his dog Crab matter ; for the rest , I have to conclude that Shakespeare cheerfully and knowingly travesties love and friendship alike , thus clearing the ...
Page 332
... . He seems at moments to be mocking his rivals George Chapman and Ben Jonson , but he is not writing an anti - chivalric romance , as some critics have said . The matter of Troy does not matter to him , and 332 HAROLD BLOOM.
... . He seems at moments to be mocking his rivals George Chapman and Ben Jonson , but he is not writing an anti - chivalric romance , as some critics have said . The matter of Troy does not matter to him , and 332 HAROLD BLOOM.
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The Invention of the Human Harold Bloom. matter of Troy does not matter to him , and while he quarries Chaucer , he deliberately distances himself from the amiable , even affectionate sophis- tication of Chaucer's great treatment of the ...
The Invention of the Human Harold Bloom. matter of Troy does not matter to him , and while he quarries Chaucer , he deliberately distances himself from the amiable , even affectionate sophis- tication of Chaucer's great treatment of the ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
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