Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 2Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 - 591 pages This volume includes plot summaries, character profiles, criticism of the works and sources for further study. |
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Page 168
... imagination , which in consequence was something less than imagination . But , if this in turn was due to the inherent quality of his theme , which forbade the kind of imaginative identification with his characters which was natural to ...
... imagination , which in consequence was something less than imagination . But , if this in turn was due to the inherent quality of his theme , which forbade the kind of imaginative identification with his characters which was natural to ...
Page 194
... imagination who by imagination grasps a value that cannot be demonstrated ra- tionally and whose deed is the dramatic opposite of the conduct of the rationalists in the play . His speech is consistently the imaginative speech of poetry ...
... imagination who by imagination grasps a value that cannot be demonstrated ra- tionally and whose deed is the dramatic opposite of the conduct of the rationalists in the play . His speech is consistently the imaginative speech of poetry ...
Page 203
... imaginative discovery ; and the intelligence must yield every possible tittle of support which does not also , in the sum , threaten the imagination's integrity . Like the scientist or the philosopher he has an aim ; he also , and pre ...
... imaginative discovery ; and the intelligence must yield every possible tittle of support which does not also , in the sum , threaten the imagination's integrity . Like the scientist or the philosopher he has an aim ; he also , and pre ...
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