The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1, Volume 1University of Chicago Press, 2009 M02 15 - 408 pages In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius. |
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... speak , of a single work . And there again I do not have in mind just finding passages in Henry V , for example , that illuminate Julius Caesar , or vice versa . That practice , while valuable , has been long and widely indulged in . I ...
... speak , of a single work . And there again I do not have in mind just finding passages in Henry V , for example , that illuminate Julius Caesar , or vice versa . That practice , while valuable , has been long and widely indulged in . I ...
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... speak for itself . ' That up - to - date motto is dan- gerous , because it paves the way for mediocre performers to come and accurately play over a composition from beginning to end , claiming that they ' let the music speak for itself ...
... speak for itself . ' That up - to - date motto is dan- gerous , because it paves the way for mediocre performers to come and accurately play over a composition from beginning to end , claiming that they ' let the music speak for itself ...
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... speak to us probably far more effectually than they did to the men of their own time , and most likely we have them at their best . " And of course Shakespeare was a playwright . He tells us , in fact , that like the dyer's hand , his ...
... speak to us probably far more effectually than they did to the men of their own time , and most likely we have them at their best . " And of course Shakespeare was a playwright . He tells us , in fact , that like the dyer's hand , his ...
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... speaking . Look into a pool of water . There are the sky and the trees . But there , too , is your face at the center — however spiritualized . Call to the rocks and hills . Is it your voice the air brings back ? Of course . Yet how ...
... speaking . Look into a pool of water . There are the sky and the trees . But there , too , is your face at the center — however spiritualized . Call to the rocks and hills . Is it your voice the air brings back ? Of course . Yet how ...
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... speak . ' It shall be sparing and too full of riot , Teaching decrepit age to tread the measures ; The staring ruffian shall it keep in quiet , Pluck down the rich , enrich the poor with treasures ; It shall be raging - mad , and silly ...
... speak . ' It shall be sparing and too full of riot , Teaching decrepit age to tread the measures ; The staring ruffian shall it keep in quiet , Pluck down the rich , enrich the poor with treasures ; It shall be raging - mad , and silly ...
Contents
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V Titus Andronicus | 33 |
VI Richard III | 35 |
VII The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 41 |
VIII Loves Labours Lost | 48 |
XIV King John | 140 |
XV Richard II | 148 |
XVI Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part II The Merry Wives of Windsor | 161 |
XVII Henry V | 215 |
XVIII Henry VIII | 269 |
XIX Much Ado about Nothing | 271 |
XX As You Like It | 281 |
XXI Twelfth Night | 294 |
IX The PoetPlaywright | 55 |
X The Taming of the Shrew | 68 |
XI A MidsummerNights Dream | 74 |
XII The Merchant of Venice | 81 |
XIII Romeo and Juliet | 117 |
XXII Julius Caesar | 307 |
XXIII Hamlet | 331 |
Index | 387 |
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Antonio Bassanio battle beginning blood Brutus called Capulet casket Cassius character Comedy Comedy of Errors comes cries critics crown dead death devil disguise doth dramatic Duke eyes fact Falstaff father fear fool genius Gentlemen of Verona Ghost give Hamlet hath heart heaven Henry Henry IV Henry VI Henry's hero honor Hotspur imagination Julius Caesar Justice kill King Lear King's Laertes lines lord lover Merchant of Venice Mercutio mercy metaphor Midsummer-Night's Dream mind moral mother murder nature never night peace play poet poetry Polonius Portia Prince revenge Richard Richard II Romeo and Juliet Rosalind says scene seems sense Shake Shakespeare Shylock soul speak speech spirit story sweet symbol tell theater theatrical thee theme things thou thought throne Touchstone tragedy true truth turns Twelfth Night Tybalt unconscious utter words youth