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But to this it may be retorted , that , in the case of one of Shakespeare's plays , even the final vision of virtue and beauty triumphant over ugliness and vice fails to dispel a total effect of horror and of gloom .
But to this it may be retorted , that , in the case of one of Shakespeare's plays , even the final vision of virtue and beauty triumphant over ugliness and vice fails to dispel a total effect of horror and of gloom .
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Racine's vision , he complains , does not ' take in the whole of life ' ; we do not find in his plays ' the whole pell - mell of human existence ' ; and this is true , because the particular effects which Racine wished to produce ...
Racine's vision , he complains , does not ' take in the whole of life ' ; we do not find in his plays ' the whole pell - mell of human existence ' ; and this is true , because the particular effects which Racine wished to produce ...
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the letter continues , piling vision upon vision . ' I was passing his tomb the other day in Cripplegate Churchyard . There are some verses upon it written by Miss — , which if I thought good enough I would send you .
the letter continues , piling vision upon vision . ' I was passing his tomb the other day in Cripplegate Churchyard . There are some verses upon it written by Miss — , which if I thought good enough I would send you .
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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| Title | Literary Essays His Collected works Volume 5 of Strachey: The coll. works The Collected works of Lytton Strachey, Lytton Strachey |
| Author | Lytton Strachey |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 295 pages |
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