The Dramatist's Experience: With Other Essays in Literary TheoryChatto & Windus, 1970 - 248 pages |
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Page 81
... Measure for Measure who took over the judge's seat when he had played out his part as accuser when still wearing his disguise . If men are to live together , some man must take on himself the administering of the law , but to do so ...
... Measure for Measure who took over the judge's seat when he had played out his part as accuser when still wearing his disguise . If men are to live together , some man must take on himself the administering of the law , but to do so ...
Page 137
... Measure for Measure refers to the condition of his city : My business in this state Made me a looker - on here in Vienna , Where I have seen corruption boil and bubble Till it o'errun the stew . ( V. i . 318-21 ) Sometimes the image ...
... Measure for Measure refers to the condition of his city : My business in this state Made me a looker - on here in Vienna , Where I have seen corruption boil and bubble Till it o'errun the stew . ( V. i . 318-21 ) Sometimes the image ...
Page 216
... measure that will cope with the problem that the play is never the same on two occasions and is to some extent affected by a particular audience's response . When we view it in retrospect , we shall be less influenced by the details ...
... measure that will cope with the problem that the play is never the same on two occasions and is to some extent affected by a particular audience's response . When we view it in retrospect , we shall be less influenced by the details ...
Contents
PREFACE page | 1 |
A School of Criticism | 24 |
Comedy in the Grand Style | 42 |
Copyright | |
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