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... genius , has comprehended their view of life , of character , and of history , and interpreted it in dra- matic form . Consciously or unconsciously Shakespeare has formulated that underlying conception of the inter- dependence of ...
... genius , has comprehended their view of life , of character , and of history , and interpreted it in dra- matic form . Consciously or unconsciously Shakespeare has formulated that underlying conception of the inter- dependence of ...
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... genius worked together in a kind of rude harmony . The manner shows the Latin influence , but the story and the spirit in which it is treated are genuinely English . Sir Philip Sidney , whose culture was of the best in point of quality ...
... genius worked together in a kind of rude harmony . The manner shows the Latin influence , but the story and the spirit in which it is treated are genuinely English . Sir Philip Sidney , whose culture was of the best in point of quality ...
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... genius to perfect it . There was still a long distance between the plays of this period , however , and the balance , harmony , and re- straint of Shakespeare . " Arden of Feversham , " and a host of dramas of the same period , are ...
... genius to perfect it . There was still a long distance between the plays of this period , however , and the balance , harmony , and re- straint of Shakespeare . " Arden of Feversham , " and a host of dramas of the same period , are ...
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... genius and sound conditions was concerned ; or committed by tempera- ment to unbalanced , disorderly , and tragical careers . Greene , after a life of dissipation , died in extreme misery of mind and body ; Peele involved himself in ...
... genius and sound conditions was concerned ; or committed by tempera- ment to unbalanced , disorderly , and tragical careers . Greene , after a life of dissipation , died in extreme misery of mind and body ; Peele involved himself in ...
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... genius , a god in ambition . " His ardent nature , impatient of all restraint and full of Titanic impulses , found congenial society on the stage and congenial work in play - writing . His life was as passionate and lawless as his art ...
... genius , a god in ambition . " His ardent nature , impatient of all restraint and full of Titanic impulses , found congenial society on the stage and congenial work in play - writing . His life was as passionate and lawless as his art ...
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