Imperfect Apprehensions: Essays in English Literature in Honour of G.A. WilkesGeoffrey Little Challis Press, 1996 - 284 pages |
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Page 47
... play in which being old is presented in its most consistently sympathetic light , but the old themselves , wise , powerful and tolerant as they are , would rather be young , and in any case are not the dramatic centre of the play . That ...
... play in which being old is presented in its most consistently sympathetic light , but the old themselves , wise , powerful and tolerant as they are , would rather be young , and in any case are not the dramatic centre of the play . That ...
Page 78
... play's being set in Italy . The characters are also given names of a quasi - generic kind which suggests they are part of an Aesop - like fable . The well known story of the fox playing dead and attracting birds of prey , who become his ...
... play's being set in Italy . The characters are also given names of a quasi - generic kind which suggests they are part of an Aesop - like fable . The well known story of the fox playing dead and attracting birds of prey , who become his ...
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... play of Jonson which , as far as modern scholarship can say , was written in the months surrounding the Plot and the Trial . Jonson was still in jail over the Eastward Ho scandal in September 1605 and if Eastward Ho precedes Volpone in ...
... play of Jonson which , as far as modern scholarship can say , was written in the months surrounding the Plot and the Trial . Jonson was still in jail over the Eastward Ho scandal in September 1605 and if Eastward Ho precedes Volpone in ...
Contents
Acknowledgements iii | 11 |
Narcissus Called to Account | 18 |
Old Age | 44 |
Copyright | |
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