The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted. A Complete Manual of English Literature - Page 125by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 540 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his "Richard the Second"; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted. — LAMB, CHARLES, 1808, Specimens of Dramatic Poets. He has handled the history of "Edward the Second... | |
| Justo de Lara - English literature - 1910 - 338 pages
...cuando Shakespeare vino á Londres^ Un hombre, hay que añadir con Tomás (1) Carlos Lamb asegura más: «The death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted.» Specimens of Dramatic Poets. etc. Campbel, que sin su temprana muerte hubiera sido digno rival del... | |
| Henry Spackman Pancoast, Percy Van Dyke Shelly - English literature - 1910 - 564 pages
...the predecessor of Shakespeare as a master of historical tragedy. Charles Lamb has said of this play, "the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted." Theaters. — For the production of so many plays on such varied subjects, one might suppose many theaters... | |
| English drama - 1910 - 470 pages
...Royalty in Edward furnished hints which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his 'Richard the Second' ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's King moves pity and...terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which l am acquainted." CHARLES LAMB. EDWARD THE SECOND [DRAMATIS PERSONS KINO EDWARD THE SECOND. PRINCE... | |
| Justo de Lara - English literature - 1910 - 336 pages
...Un hombre, hay que añadir con Tomás (1) Carlos Lamb asegura más: «The death-scene of Marlowe 's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which 1 am acquainted. » Specimens of Dramatic Poets. etc. Campbel, que sin su temprana muerte hubiera sido... | |
| George Herbert Mair - English literature - 1911 - 264 pages
...passage, "furnished hints which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his Richard II.; and the death scene of Marlowe's King moves pity and terror beyond any...scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted." Perhaps the play gives the hint of what Marlowe might have become had not the dagger of a groom in... | |
| WILLIAM LYON PHELPS - 1912 - 456 pages
...which practically all editors of Marlowe quote as though it were holy writ, is fustian and nonsense: "The death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted." Twenty superior scenes might be cited, but we need think for the moment only of Lear's whisper, " Cordelia,... | |
| Christopher Marlowe - Poetry - 1912 - 446 pages
...practically all editors of Marlowe quote as though it were holy writ, is fustian1 and nonsense : " The death-scene of Marlowe's king; moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient ori modern, with which I am acquainted." Twenty' superior scenes might be cited, but we need think... | |
| Frederick Monroe Tisdel - English literature - 1913 - 392 pages
...Castle, gazes into the eyes of his murderer with the fine spirit of the Plantagenets : " This scene moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which I am familiar." Characterization. — Some of the characters lack individuality. Tamburlaine is just the... | |
| Christopher Marlowe - English drama - 1914 - 360 pages
...abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted" > (Works, Temple edition, iv. 215). 2470 ff. So that for want of sleepe and sustenance. Compare Tamburlaine,... | |
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