Literary EssaysA companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey's finest critical essays, "Shakespeare's Final Period" and "English Letter Writers." Index. |
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... death . 1795. My brother George's death , and an intimate acquaintance with Dr. Gisborne - not happy .... 1797. After an alteration in my teeth , and the death of Dr. Warren - yet far from unhappy . 1798. Happy , but for suspicion ...
... death . 1795. My brother George's death , and an intimate acquaintance with Dr. Gisborne - not happy .... 1797. After an alteration in my teeth , and the death of Dr. Warren - yet far from unhappy . 1798. Happy , but for suspicion ...
Page 188
... Death . The central idea of Death's Fest Book - the resurrection of a ghost - fails to be truly effective , because it is difficult to see any clear distinction between the phantom and the rest of the characters . The duke , saved from ...
... Death . The central idea of Death's Fest Book - the resurrection of a ghost - fails to be truly effective , because it is difficult to see any clear distinction between the phantom and the rest of the characters . The duke , saved from ...
Page 193
... death , ' of death coming like a summer cloud over the soul . ' Let her deathly life pass into death , ' says one of his earliest characters , ' like music on the night wind . ' And , in Death's Jest Book , Sibylla has the same thoughts : O ...
... death , ' of death coming like a summer cloud over the soul . ' Let her deathly life pass into death , ' says one of his earliest characters , ' like music on the night wind . ' And , in Death's Jest Book , Sibylla has the same thoughts : O ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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