Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 10Gale Research Company, 1984 - 538 pages |
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Page 189
... Once , when he had described this union with his friend , it had been with joyful confidence , even when concealed under elegiac la- ments ; now it is with tragic despondency . He had once ex- pressed [ Sonnet 49 ] that he had no ground ...
... Once , when he had described this union with his friend , it had been with joyful confidence , even when concealed under elegiac la- ments ; now it is with tragic despondency . He had once ex- pressed [ Sonnet 49 ] that he had no ground ...
Page 274
... once . They habitually broadened its sense to in- clude slim spires , and particularly obelisks . . . . [ Were ] you to show Shakespeare Cleopatra's Needle and the Washington Monument today , he would naturally call them both ' pyra ...
... once . They habitually broadened its sense to in- clude slim spires , and particularly obelisks . . . . [ Were ] you to show Shakespeare Cleopatra's Needle and the Washington Monument today , he would naturally call them both ' pyra ...
Page 322
... once more , the sonnets illustrate the general or typical as the poetic , but there is a force under the words , and ... once which can be heard at once . This is the compacting power of poetry , which commands us so far as we hear it ...
... once more , the sonnets illustrate the general or typical as the poetic , but there is a force under the words , and ... once which can be heard at once . This is the compacting power of poetry , which commands us so far as we hear it ...
Contents
The Rape of Lucrece | 58 |
Sonnets | 145 |
Venus and Adonis | 405 |
Copyright | |
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