The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 2Johns Hopkins Press, 1964 - Criticism |
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... Shakespeare possessed a different kind of art in a very high degree : the art of characterization and of depicting human passions.36 Even in the control of sentiments and ex- pression , Dennis thought , Shakespeare was a master ...
... Shakespeare possessed a different kind of art in a very high degree : the art of characterization and of depicting human passions.36 Even in the control of sentiments and ex- pression , Dennis thought , Shakespeare was a master ...
Page 427
... Shakespeare , said Gildon , which lack a just moral ( Miscellaneous Letters and Essays [ 1694 ] , p . 92 ) . By this he meant that most of Shakespeare's tragedies , by showing us the horrible effects of ungoverned passions , teach us to ...
... Shakespeare , said Gildon , which lack a just moral ( Miscellaneous Letters and Essays [ 1694 ] , p . 92 ) . By this he meant that most of Shakespeare's tragedies , by showing us the horrible effects of ungoverned passions , teach us to ...
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... Shakespeare's Art , from Dryden to Theobald , " a paper submitted to a semi- nar at U. C. L. A. in the spring of ... Shakespeare , arriving at the conclusion that Shakespeare knew relatively little Greek and Latin , and that his apparent ...
... Shakespeare's Art , from Dryden to Theobald , " a paper submitted to a semi- nar at U. C. L. A. in the spring of ... Shakespeare , arriving at the conclusion that Shakespeare knew relatively little Greek and Latin , and that his apparent ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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