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 251
... verse is therefore essentially unlike the verse of King Lear - it is incapable of subtleties ; the meaning is on the surface . No doubt this is an exaggeration , but the effects of an assumption not very dissimilar to this can be seen ...
... verse is therefore essentially unlike the verse of King Lear - it is incapable of subtleties ; the meaning is on the surface . No doubt this is an exaggeration , but the effects of an assumption not very dissimilar to this can be seen ...
Page 253
... verse , the alliteration , repetition and assonance , seem to exist as ob- jects of attention in themselves rather than as the medium of a compulsive force working from within . Such emotion as is communicated is both vague and remote ...
... verse , the alliteration , repetition and assonance , seem to exist as ob- jects of attention in themselves rather than as the medium of a compulsive force working from within . Such emotion as is communicated is both vague and remote ...
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... verse - making , that the Friend who had previously taught his ' ignorance aloft to fly ' was now adding ' feathers to the learned's wing ' , that his ' sick Muse doth give another place ' , and so on . In all this he seems to be ...
... verse - making , that the Friend who had previously taught his ' ignorance aloft to fly ' was now adding ' feathers to the learned's wing ' , that his ' sick Muse doth give another place ' , and so on . In all this he seems to be ...
Contents
The Rape of Lucrece | 58 |
Sonnets | 145 |
Venus and Adonis | 405 |
Copyright | |
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