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Edmund Fuller. UNRIVALED SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare stands unchallenged as the greatest literary- dramatic genius of the English language , probably the great- est in any tongue since the Greeks , and yet we know com- paratively little ...
Edmund Fuller. UNRIVALED SHAKESPEARE Shakespeare stands unchallenged as the greatest literary- dramatic genius of the English language , probably the great- est in any tongue since the Greeks , and yet we know com- paratively little ...
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... Shakespeare learned to write rapidly in the tradition of a theatre where many plays were used and where a man must turn out a good bit of work in order to earn , as Shakespeare did , a really substantial living . There seems to be no ...
... Shakespeare learned to write rapidly in the tradition of a theatre where many plays were used and where a man must turn out a good bit of work in order to earn , as Shakespeare did , a really substantial living . There seems to be no ...
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... Shakespeare's powers of characterization range with assur- ance from the noble and profound Hamlet to the robust and ... Shakespeare to show her Falstaff in love . The final test of Shakespeare ( in which rigid test he has no competitor ) ...
... Shakespeare's powers of characterization range with assur- ance from the noble and profound Hamlet to the robust and ... Shakespeare to show her Falstaff in love . The final test of Shakespeare ( in which rigid test he has no competitor ) ...
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