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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... later published in little magazines a series of “Conversations on Cornelia Street” that purported to be transcripts of his conversations with Auden. Griffin's notes are in typed form and were composed after the lectures, probably long ...
... later conversation with Auden, if not his own interpolation. These mistakes, lacunae, and embellishments are typical of Griffin's typescript notes on all the lectures, and I have used them very cautiously. Where I have added a reading ...
... later prose, and on a number of occasions, always indicated in endnotes, I have incorporated sentences or brief passages from these later writings, as well as from his earlier prose, in order to clarify and enrich particular sections of ...
... later modified his view of the fall of Rome, he states in the lecture on Julius Caesar that Roman society was “doomed not by the evil passions of selfish individuals, because such passions always exist, but by an intellectual and ...
... Later, yes, she responds beautifully to his love-making, is very understanding, says she loves him too. In the taxi, yes, her kisses are thrilling. And after that? After that it was like it is in Cincinnati. Auden treated romantic love ...
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 |