Interpretations of Literature, Volume 2Dodd, Mead, 1915 Lectures to his students while he "held the chair of English literature in the University of Tokyo from 1896 to 1902"--Confer Introduction. |
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... nature . The great Shakespearean riddle , in other words , is this : " How did Shakespeare know ? " Here is a man who has created hundreds of living figures or characters , every one of which is essentially and totally different from ...
... nature . The great Shakespearean riddle , in other words , is this : " How did Shakespeare know ? " Here is a man who has created hundreds of living figures or characters , every one of which is essentially and totally different from ...
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... nature of a faculty which can only be suggested by symbolism , because no science can yet fur- nish a detailed explanation of it . This is what differentiates Shakespeare from all other dramatists ; and , without attempting illustration ...
... nature of a faculty which can only be suggested by symbolism , because no science can yet fur- nish a detailed explanation of it . This is what differentiates Shakespeare from all other dramatists ; and , without attempting illustration ...
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... nature of any man . Shakespeare does not seem to have felt it in the time of his youth and strength ; he even seems to have found plenty of leisure to talk with various noblemen , to visit numerous friends , to attend banquets and ...
... nature of any man . Shakespeare does not seem to have felt it in the time of his youth and strength ; he even seems to have found plenty of leisure to talk with various noblemen , to visit numerous friends , to attend banquets and ...
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... natural direction , invariably pleasurable ; and the sudden interruption of its operation means more than a checking of pleasure - it means also a violent shock to the still tender cerebral mechanism . In grown persons of strong imagina ...
... natural direction , invariably pleasurable ; and the sudden interruption of its operation means more than a checking of pleasure - it means also a violent shock to the still tender cerebral mechanism . In grown persons of strong imagina ...
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... nature of the early theatre - foul as an out - house . Besides we must remember that Shakespeare had plenty of domes- tic trouble , and domestic trouble wears out a man more quickly than almost any other kind of trouble . There is yet ...
... nature of the early theatre - foul as an out - house . Besides we must remember that Shakespeare had plenty of domes- tic trouble , and domestic trouble wears out a man more quickly than almost any other kind of trouble . There is yet ...
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