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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... says Belarius of the older boy , Jove ! When on my three - foot stool I sit and tell The war - like feats I have done , his spirits fly out Into my story : say , " Thus mine enemy fell , And thus I set my foot on's neck ; " even then ...
... says Belarius of the older boy , Jove ! When on my three - foot stool I sit and tell The war - like feats I have done , his spirits fly out Into my story : say , " Thus mine enemy fell , And thus I set my foot on's neck ; " even then ...
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... says Hazlitt of Mrs. Siddons ' Lady Macbeth . " It seemed almost as if a being of a superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance .... She glided on and off the stage like an ...
... says Hazlitt of Mrs. Siddons ' Lady Macbeth . " It seemed almost as if a being of a superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance .... She glided on and off the stage like an ...
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... says Serge Koussevitzky . " They hold that right from the composer . Take Bach , for example . In his works we very often find no nuances . Does it mean that Bach intended to have his compositions played without nuances ? Positively no ...
... says Serge Koussevitzky . " They hold that right from the composer . Take Bach , for example . In his works we very often find no nuances . Does it mean that Bach intended to have his compositions played without nuances ? Positively no ...
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... says Chekhov in one of his letters , " and have not always thought what I think now . " All free minds say that . Is " Shakespeare's " Hamlet what he thought of him when he fin- ished the play , or what he thought after he had written ...
... says Chekhov in one of his letters , " and have not always thought what I think now . " All free minds say that . Is " Shakespeare's " Hamlet what he thought of him when he fin- ished the play , or what he thought after he had written ...
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... says Koussevitzky in the same passage from which I have al- ready quoted , " we often hear ' musical authorities ' declare , when discussing a performance : ' Let music speak for itself . ' That up - to - date motto is dan- gerous ...
... says Koussevitzky in the same passage from which I have al- ready quoted , " we often hear ' musical authorities ' declare , when discussing a performance : ' Let music speak for itself . ' That up - to - date motto is dan- gerous ...
Contents
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II The Integrity of Shakespeare | 15 |
III The Comedy of Errors | 25 |
IV The Three Parts of Henry VI | 28 |
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 |
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