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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... Poet , by natural Incidents , has heighten'd the Distress of the History ; wherein he has kept up to the Tenor of it ; and how artfully preserv'd the Character and Manners of Lear throughout his Tragedy . How far [ Shakespeare ] has ...
... Poet , by natural Incidents , has heighten'd the Distress of the History ; wherein he has kept up to the Tenor of it ; and how artfully preserv'd the Character and Manners of Lear throughout his Tragedy . How far [ Shakespeare ] has ...
Page 259
... poet if he gave equal dignity to the two errors ; the poet is bound to err on Lear's side : that of thinking speech creatively substantial and truth direct . Every poet , I should guess , is an ironist ; knowing , more intimately than ...
... poet if he gave equal dignity to the two errors ; the poet is bound to err on Lear's side : that of thinking speech creatively substantial and truth direct . Every poet , I should guess , is an ironist ; knowing , more intimately than ...
Page 359
... poet's responsibilities to his medium and his art . The poet must come to realize that he cannot transform language by force to serve his pleasure . He cannot try like the scholars to seize the Word and inflate it into a self ...
... poet's responsibilities to his medium and his art . The poet must come to realize that he cannot transform language by force to serve his pleasure . He cannot try like the scholars to seize the Word and inflate it into a self ...
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