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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... nature and necessary conclusion is not understood by him , but is realised and foreseen at every point by the audience . The comparison may be carried a step further : whether or no Shakespeare was aware of it , for us it is ...
... nature and necessary conclusion is not understood by him , but is realised and foreseen at every point by the audience . The comparison may be carried a step further : whether or no Shakespeare was aware of it , for us it is ...
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... Nature into the domain of poetry . Incidentally , it is curious to observe that nearly every literary revolution has been hailed by its supporters as a return to Nature . No less than the school of Coleridge and Words- worth , the ...
... Nature into the domain of poetry . Incidentally , it is curious to observe that nearly every literary revolution has been hailed by its supporters as a return to Nature . No less than the school of Coleridge and Words- worth , the ...
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... natural that the extraordinary nature of Blake's utterance in these latter works should have given rise to the belief that he was merely an inspired idiot - a madman who happened to be able to write good verses . That belief , made ...
... natural that the extraordinary nature of Blake's utterance in these latter works should have given rise to the belief that he was merely an inspired idiot - a madman who happened to be able to write good verses . That belief , made ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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