The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 35Methuen, 1918 |
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Page ix
... less true of the sources of his dramas ; he spares no pains in his research ; he disdains no authority , and no hint in any authority . To these preliminary considerations two other facts may be added . Shakespeare usually avoided the ...
... less true of the sources of his dramas ; he spares no pains in his research ; he disdains no authority , and no hint in any authority . To these preliminary considerations two other facts may be added . Shakespeare usually avoided the ...
Page x
... less serious underplay , had its source in a remote past ; for the chief incidents of the drama turn on the confusions arising from the likeness of twins , which is the motive of the Menæchmi of Plautus , and had , moreover been derived ...
... less serious underplay , had its source in a remote past ; for the chief incidents of the drama turn on the confusions arising from the likeness of twins , which is the motive of the Menæchmi of Plautus , and had , moreover been derived ...
Page xii
... less important for our purpose than either of the others . It is customary to assume that Shakespeare gained access to Italian books through English or perhaps French ( and we might add Latin ) translations , and we know that a French ...
... less important for our purpose than either of the others . It is customary to assume that Shakespeare gained access to Italian books through English or perhaps French ( and we might add Latin ) translations , and we know that a French ...
Page xv
... less confidence I pass on to suggest that , like The Winter's Tale or the Midsummer - Night's Dream , this play was something that a poet's fancy might find ap- propriate to a time or a season - a festival for example , — and that ...
... less confidence I pass on to suggest that , like The Winter's Tale or the Midsummer - Night's Dream , this play was something that a poet's fancy might find ap- propriate to a time or a season - a festival for example , — and that ...
Page xvi
... less than they had with Marston , when he wrote the following dialogue in the Induction to his What You Will ( 1607 ) : " Atte . What's the play's name ? Phi . What You Will . Dor . Is't comedy , tragedy , pastoral , moral , nocturnal ...
... less than they had with Marston , when he wrote the following dialogue in the Induction to his What You Will ( 1607 ) : " Atte . What's the play's name ? Phi . What You Will . Dor . Is't comedy , tragedy , pastoral , moral , nocturnal ...
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