A Literary History of EnglandLongmans, Green and Company, 1929 - 392 pagina's |
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... plays from the rest is far from distinct . Richard II , for instance , is as much a tragedy of character as Hamlet ; and in Henry IV , Part I , we are engrossed by Falstaff , not by the king who gives the play its title . Shakespeare's ...
... plays from the rest is far from distinct . Richard II , for instance , is as much a tragedy of character as Hamlet ; and in Henry IV , Part I , we are engrossed by Falstaff , not by the king who gives the play its title . Shakespeare's ...
Pagina 81
... play . But in Antony and Cleopatra Shakespeare's powers are again at their height . The play is less of a tragedy than Hamlet or Othello , for it contains less conflict . Antony is suffering from the dotage " of love when the play opens ...
... play . But in Antony and Cleopatra Shakespeare's powers are again at their height . The play is less of a tragedy than Hamlet or Othello , for it contains less conflict . Antony is suffering from the dotage " of love when the play opens ...
Pagina 85
... plays , Edward II is by far the better . The earlier parts do not rise much above the level of the ordinary chronicle play , but as the action proceeds , the interest grows , and the scene of Edward's murder mingles horror with pity in ...
... plays , Edward II is by far the better . The earlier parts do not rise much above the level of the ordinary chronicle play , but as the action proceeds , the interest grows , and the scene of Edward's murder mingles horror with pity in ...
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