Mark Twain and Shakespeare: A Cultural LegacyUniversity Press of America, 1993 - 216 pagina's In this book, the author discusses Mark Twain's treatment of Shakespeare as a key factor in Twain's self-understanding and artistic development. The extensive and diverse treatment is broken down into four categories: biography, comedy, history, and tragedy. Berret demonstrates the influence of Hamlet on the classic Huckleberry Finn as well as the broader influences of Shakespeare's authorship in Twain's unique literary humor and personae. |
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Pagina 107
... chapters V , VI , and XXII have epigraphs from The Merchant of Venice which com- pare Scott's Isaac of York to ... Chapter XXII : " My daughter ! O my ducats ! O my daughter ! /...O my Christian ducats ! / Justice - the Law - my ducats ...
... chapters V , VI , and XXII have epigraphs from The Merchant of Venice which com- pare Scott's Isaac of York to ... Chapter XXII : " My daughter ! O my ducats ! O my daughter ! /...O my Christian ducats ! / Justice - the Law - my ducats ...
Pagina 109
... Chapter XIX , a scene in the Black Bear tavern , has an epigraph from a Boar's Head tavern scene in Henry the Fourth ... ( chapters XXI , XXXVII , and XXXVIII ) . Again , these clear paradigms could have inspired Twain to use Shakespeare ...
... Chapter XIX , a scene in the Black Bear tavern , has an epigraph from a Boar's Head tavern scene in Henry the Fourth ... ( chapters XXI , XXXVII , and XXXVIII ) . Again , these clear paradigms could have inspired Twain to use Shakespeare ...
Pagina 124
... chapters I to III and XVIII to LX . The new chapters contain several items that associate Shakespeare with the Mississippi . Twain recalled random scows on the river " bearing a humble Hamlet and Co. on an itinerant dramatic trip ...
... chapters I to III and XVIII to LX . The new chapters contain several items that associate Shakespeare with the Mississippi . Twain recalled random scows on the river " bearing a humble Hamlet and Co. on an itinerant dramatic trip ...
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