Shakspere and His PredecessorsC. Scribner's sons, 1988 - 555 pages |
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Page 101
... Plautus too light . Shakspere , if he com- pleted the normal course of study at the grammar school , would probably have read selections from these writers in the original . But , in any case , their dramas were accessible to him in ...
... Plautus too light . Shakspere , if he com- pleted the normal course of study at the grammar school , would probably have read selections from these writers in the original . But , in any case , their dramas were accessible to him in ...
Page 169
... Plautus , and following its model it preserves the classical unities . It is possible that Shakspere may have read the Menaechmi in Latin , or he may have seen some English translation , though we know of none before 1595 , or he may ...
... Plautus , and following its model it preserves the classical unities . It is possible that Shakspere may have read the Menaechmi in Latin , or he may have seen some English translation , though we know of none before 1595 , or he may ...
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... Plautus . And believe this , that when he is gone and his comedies out of sale , you will scramble for them , and set up a new English Inquisition . ' Bb C Majesty's Servants at the Globe . ' In the XIII ] 369 Troilus and Cressida .
... Plautus . And believe this , that when he is gone and his comedies out of sale , you will scramble for them , and set up a new English Inquisition . ' Bb C Majesty's Servants at the Globe . ' In the XIII ] 369 Troilus and Cressida .
Contents
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE DRAMA | 19 |
KYD LYLY and Peele | 62 |
ROBERT GREENE | 77 |
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