The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4Jefferson Press, 1907 |
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William Shakespeare. | CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BY ALICE MEYNELL . TEXT OF THE PLAY · PAGE ix 1 INTRODUCTION T HERE are two plays within plays wherein Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare. | CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BY ALICE MEYNELL . TEXT OF THE PLAY · PAGE ix 1 INTRODUCTION T HERE are two plays within plays wherein Shakespeare.
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William Shakespeare. 1 INTRODUCTION T HERE are two plays within plays wherein Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare. 1 INTRODUCTION T HERE are two plays within plays wherein Shakespeare.
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... plays is different ; the inner play being a brief incident in the tragedy , and the outer play a mere incident in the comedy . But the inner play is in each case removed , set further than ordinary drama from the con- ditions of actual ...
... plays is different ; the inner play being a brief incident in the tragedy , and the outer play a mere incident in the comedy . But the inner play is in each case removed , set further than ordinary drama from the con- ditions of actual ...
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... play , but a play full of slightly scenic nature ; " The Taming of the Shrew " itself is a long play , but a play vacant of nature . The Elizabethan dramatist took his ease in that inn of the stage , and took it the more whimsically in ...
... play , but a play full of slightly scenic nature ; " The Taming of the Shrew " itself is a long play , but a play vacant of nature . The Elizabethan dramatist took his ease in that inn of the stage , and took it the more whimsically in ...
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... play , and find the pathos of life in that gay interior where the light heart of drama takes sanctuary ; let him not attribute pathos to Katharine , or study Petruchio , or make a symbol of the Pedant . Nevertheless , this , or nearly ...
... play , and find the pathos of life in that gay interior where the light heart of drama takes sanctuary ; let him not attribute pathos to Katharine , or study Petruchio , or make a symbol of the Pedant . Nevertheless , this , or nearly ...
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