King LearPenguin UK, 2005 M04 7 - 368 pages 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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... All that we can say must fall far short of the subject; or even of what we ourselves conceive of it. To attempt to give a description of the play itself or of its effect upon the mind, is mere impertinence.' And a few years Introduction.
... All that we can say must fall far short of the subject; or even of what we ourselves conceive of it. To attempt to give a description of the play itself or of its effect upon the mind, is mere impertinence.' And a few years Introduction.
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... mind could its awesome effect be fully realized: 'the Lear of Shakespeare', he concluded, 'cannot be acted', because it is 'essentially impossible to be represented on a stage'. Fortunately, theatre directors and acting companies from ...
... mind could its awesome effect be fully realized: 'the Lear of Shakespeare', he concluded, 'cannot be acted', because it is 'essentially impossible to be represented on a stage'. Fortunately, theatre directors and acting companies from ...
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... mind, and how deeply rooted the concerns of the play must have been to make him return to them so obsessively throughout his theatrical career. A further clue to Shakespeare's chief preoccupations and creative design in King Lear can be ...
... mind, and how deeply rooted the concerns of the play must have been to make him return to them so obsessively throughout his theatrical career. A further clue to Shakespeare's chief preoccupations and creative design in King Lear can be ...
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... mind as he read, and cried out to be used again. Shakespeare's avidity for new or rare words is by no means confined to King Lear, but his raids on Harsnet and Florio converge with this play's palpable urge to reach beyond the limits of ...
... mind as he read, and cried out to be used again. Shakespeare's avidity for new or rare words is by no means confined to King Lear, but his raids on Harsnet and Florio converge with this play's palpable urge to reach beyond the limits of ...
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... mind with anger and grief. His insanity estranges him from a whole way of life he had taken for granted, making him question the very basis of his sovereign authority and power, and the justness of the society over which he had presided ...
... mind with anger and grief. His insanity estranges him from a whole way of life he had taken for granted, making him question the very basis of his sovereign authority and power, and the justness of the society over which he had presided ...
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