Shakspere and His PredecessorsC. Scribner's sons, 1988 - 555 pages |
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Page 164
... interest to note that Shakspere borrowed the names of contemporary personages for his leading male characters . The year 1590 , about which the play is to be placed , saw the victory of Henry of Navarre over the League at Ivry . Amongst ...
... interest to note that Shakspere borrowed the names of contemporary personages for his leading male characters . The year 1590 , about which the play is to be placed , saw the victory of Henry of Navarre over the League at Ivry . Amongst ...
Page 281
... interest is in fact less dramatic than epic , as the use of elaborate narrative prologues is enough to prove . The underlying theme of the whole series of historical plays , the greatness of England , here rises to the surface , and ...
... interest is in fact less dramatic than epic , as the use of elaborate narrative prologues is enough to prove . The underlying theme of the whole series of historical plays , the greatness of England , here rises to the surface , and ...
Page 547
... interest ought to be gathering to a head , is occupied with matters in which we have not been prepared to take any interest by what went before , and on which no interest is reflected by what comes after . The scenes in the gallery and ...
... interest ought to be gathering to a head , is occupied with matters in which we have not been prepared to take any interest by what went before , and on which no interest is reflected by what comes after . The scenes in the gallery and ...
Contents
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE DRAMA | 19 |
KYD LYLY and Peele | 62 |
ROBERT GREENE | 77 |
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