Lectures on ShakespearePrinceton University Press, 2019 M10 8 - 432 pages From one of the great modern writers, the acclaimed lectures in which he draws on a lifetime of experience to take the measure of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets |
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... give. King Learis the one play of Shakespeare that, in the storm scene, really requires the movies. Most movies of Shakespeare may make you want to say, it's very nice, but why must people say anything? You want to see everything. If I ...
... gives him the long, almost last word. Auden's outsider disposition is neither a reflection nor endorsement of detachment, however, which he considered the worst of illusions, “the illusion of being free of illusion.” Auden quotes with ...
... gives a picture of human nature, though the individual is sacrificed. In the lecture on Pericles and Cymbeline, Auden speaks of how Shakespeare continues to develop his interest in relations rather than character: “One can't talk about ...
... gives a foxy argument: Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch— Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth— Between two blades, which bears the better temper— Between two horses, which doth bear him best— Between two girls ...
... give us affection and respect our merits, so our existential anxiety is assuaged. We seek public approval or love, and avoid public disapproval. In return 125-80709_Auden_LecturesonShakespeare_5P.indd 16 6/28/19 1:54 AM 16 RICHARD III.
Contents
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The Comedy of Errors and The Two Gentlemen of Verona 23 | 23 |
Loves Labours Lost | 33 |
A Midsummer Nights Dream | 53 |
The Taming of the Shrew King John and Richard II | 63 |
Henry IV Parts One and Two and Henry V | 101 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 124 |
Alls Well That Ends Well | 181 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 231 |
Timon of Athens | 255 |
Pericles and Cymbeline | 270 |
Concluding Lecture | 308 |
APPENDIX I | 321 |
Fall Term Final Examination | 341 |
Audens Markings in Kittredge | 347 |