Shakspere and His PredecessorsC. Scribner's sons, 1988 - 555 pages |
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... stage spiritual beings and conceptions is impossible ; all the more daring attempts to solve the difficulty hang perilously between the sublime and the ridiculous . The frankly insufficient devices of an uncritical age are really far ...
... stage spiritual beings and conceptions is impossible ; all the more daring attempts to solve the difficulty hang perilously between the sublime and the ridiculous . The frankly insufficient devices of an uncritical age are really far ...
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... stage passed from a nomadic to a settled condition . In the year 1576 , Leicester's men , of whom James Burbage was the head , built the ' Theater ' in Shoreditch , and the ' Curtain ' was erected in the same year . These were followed ...
... stage passed from a nomadic to a settled condition . In the year 1576 , Leicester's men , of whom James Burbage was the head , built the ' Theater ' in Shoreditch , and the ' Curtain ' was erected in the same year . These were followed ...
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... stages vanish , and the Jew becomes a mere stage caricature . The reason of this strange falling off can be only matter of speculation . The poet's genius may have faltered in its flight , or the play may have been hastily completed for ...
... stages vanish , and the Jew becomes a mere stage caricature . The reason of this strange falling off can be only matter of speculation . The poet's genius may have faltered in its flight , or the play may have been hastily completed for ...
Contents
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE DRAMA | 19 |
KYD LYLY and Peele | 62 |
ROBERT GREENE | 77 |
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