A Shakespeare PrimerAMS Press, 1971 - 224 pages |
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Page 41
... later professional companies . All this drama - guild plays , morality plays , and interludes— made use of homely realism in portraying character and action . Save for a few of the episodical scenes in the guild plays , it re- lied on ...
... later professional companies . All this drama - guild plays , morality plays , and interludes— made use of homely realism in portraying character and action . Save for a few of the episodical scenes in the guild plays , it re- lied on ...
Page 76
... later than Parts II and III . The descriptions in Part I , the refer- ences to classical mythology , the learned quotations , and the general style indicate an affinity with the narrative poems that Shakespeare dedicated to the Earl of ...
... later than Parts II and III . The descriptions in Part I , the refer- ences to classical mythology , the learned quotations , and the general style indicate an affinity with the narrative poems that Shakespeare dedicated to the Earl of ...
Page 121
... later style , with run - on lines , double endings , pauses in the middle of lines , and substitute feet ; but some of the riming lines are poor , as if they were written hurriedly . The prose is that of his later periods : it still ...
... later style , with run - on lines , double endings , pauses in the middle of lines , and substitute feet ; but some of the riming lines are poor , as if they were written hurriedly . The prose is that of his later periods : it still ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
England in the Time of Shakespeare | 9 |
Shakespeares Works | 56 |
Copyright | |
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