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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... effect of horror and of gloom . For , in Measure for Measure Isabella is no whit less pure and lovely than any Perdita or Miranda , and her success is as complete ; yet who would venture to deny that the atmosphere of Measure for ...
... effect of horror and of gloom . For , in Measure for Measure Isabella is no whit less pure and lovely than any Perdita or Miranda , and her success is as complete ; yet who would venture to deny that the atmosphere of Measure for ...
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... effect triumphant . For what is the principle which underlies and justifies the unities of time and place ? Surely it is not , as Mr. Bailey would have us believe , that of the ' unity of action or interest , ' for it is clear that ...
... effect triumphant . For what is the principle which underlies and justifies the unities of time and place ? Surely it is not , as Mr. Bailey would have us believe , that of the ' unity of action or interest , ' for it is clear that ...
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... effect on him whatever . When he wished to state that Schomberg was buried in Westminster Abbey , he had to say that ' the illustrious warrior ' was laid in ' that venerable abbey , hallowed by the dust of many generations of princes ...
... effect on him whatever . When he wished to state that Schomberg was buried in Westminster Abbey , he had to say that ' the illustrious warrior ' was laid in ' that venerable abbey , hallowed by the dust of many generations of princes ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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