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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... remarkable , and perhaps an in- tolerable play : remarkable , because it shows the sudden first appearance of the Shakespeare of the final period ; intolerable , because it is impossible to forget how much better it might have been ...
... remarkable , and perhaps an in- tolerable play : remarkable , because it shows the sudden first appearance of the Shakespeare of the final period ; intolerable , because it is impossible to forget how much better it might have been ...
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... remarkable man , endowed with high and varied intellectual capacities and a rare independence of character . His scientific attainments were recognised by the University of Oxford , where he held the post of Lecturer in Chemistry ...
... remarkable man , endowed with high and varied intellectual capacities and a rare independence of character . His scientific attainments were recognised by the University of Oxford , where he held the post of Lecturer in Chemistry ...
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... remarkable for something more than its swift beginning : it was a mingling of opposites such as it is a rare delight to think upon . Sir James Stephen was eminently unromantic . His qualities were those of solidity and force ; he ...
... remarkable for something more than its swift beginning : it was a mingling of opposites such as it is a rare delight to think upon . Sir James Stephen was eminently unromantic . His qualities were those of solidity and force ; he ...
Contents
SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
OTHELLO CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES | 24 |
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