The Dark Lantern: A Historical Study of Sight in Shakespeare, Webster, and Middleton |
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Page xxxvi
... speculative conception of sight , while some- one who wants to sow discord will argue for enclosed vision or play upon a distrust of sight . And this ' strategic ' dimension , I will argue , also reflects the fact that Shakespeare's ...
... speculative conception of sight , while some- one who wants to sow discord will argue for enclosed vision or play upon a distrust of sight . And this ' strategic ' dimension , I will argue , also reflects the fact that Shakespeare's ...
Page 185
... speculative mirroring , even in the absence of the cherished object of her eye , causes her to engage in intriguing acts of speculation . The end of the poem reads like an epi- taph on this moribund conception of ... speculative vision 185.
... speculative mirroring , even in the absence of the cherished object of her eye , causes her to engage in intriguing acts of speculation . The end of the poem reads like an epi- taph on this moribund conception of ... speculative vision 185.
Page 252
... speculative vision , and the conflict between a visual ideal and the interiority and differ- ence it cannot accommodate . Through a complex and ambiguous interlacing of mirror and perspective imagery , coupled with the tri- adic ...
... speculative vision , and the conflict between a visual ideal and the interiority and differ- ence it cannot accommodate . Through a complex and ambiguous interlacing of mirror and perspective imagery , coupled with the tri- adic ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | iii |
THE DARK LANTERN | 45 |
THE REFORMED EYE | 107 |
Copyright | |
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