The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1, Volume 1In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius. |
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... the same world that mine hates , Thy Heaven doors are my Hell Gates . . . Both read the Bible day & night , But thou read'st black where I read white . And two spectators side by side at a play can { 11 } CADWAL AND POLYDORE.
... the same world that mine hates , Thy Heaven doors are my Hell Gates . . . Both read the Bible day & night , But thou read'st black where I read white . And two spectators side by side at a play can { 11 } CADWAL AND POLYDORE.
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Harold C. Goddard. And two spectators side by side at a play can be as far apart as two readers . " This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard , " cries Hippolyta , dis- gusted by the amount of themselves that the craftsmen , Bottom ...
Harold C. Goddard. And two spectators side by side at a play can be as far apart as two readers . " This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard , " cries Hippolyta , dis- gusted by the amount of themselves that the craftsmen , Bottom ...
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... side of the mind that makes a good chess player or military strategist , a successful practical architect or technically adept com- poser of contrapuntal music . ( If anyone retorts that imagination is just what such activities call for ...
... side of the mind that makes a good chess player or military strategist , a successful practical architect or technically adept com- poser of contrapuntal music . ( If anyone retorts that imagination is just what such activities call for ...
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Contents
1 | |
15 | |
25 | |
28 | |
V Titus Andronicus | 33 |
VI Richard III | 35 |
VII The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 41 |
VIII Loves Labours Lost | 48 |
XIV King John | 140 |
XV Richard II | 148 |
XVI Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part II The Merry Wives of Windsor | 161 |
XVII Henry V | 215 |
XVIII Henry VIII | 269 |
XIX Much Ado about Nothing | 271 |
XX As You Like It | 281 |
XXI Twelfth Night | 294 |
IX The PoetPlaywright | 55 |
X The Taming of the Shrew | 68 |
XI A MidsummerNights Dream | 74 |
XII The Merchant of Venice | 81 |
XIII Romeo and Juliet | 117 |
XXII Julius Caesar | 307 |
XXIII Hamlet | 331 |
Index | 387 |
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