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Page viii
... lord ; a main plot in which a shrew is roughly wooed and bravely mastered ; and an underplot full of the intrigue of Latin and Italian comedy . All these elements , duly blended , were ready for the master's hand in " A Pleasant ...
... lord ; a main plot in which a shrew is roughly wooed and bravely mastered ; and an underplot full of the intrigue of Latin and Italian comedy . All these elements , duly blended , were ready for the master's hand in " A Pleasant ...
Page ix
... lord and his men are freed from their pompous Marlowesque diction . The older writer keeps these " presenters " in view throughout the play ; Shakespeare abandons them when they have served their turn . In the story of the Taming all ...
... lord and his men are freed from their pompous Marlowesque diction . The older writer keeps these " presenters " in view throughout the play ; Shakespeare abandons them when they have served their turn . In the story of the Taming all ...
Page xiii
... Lords and Three Ladies of London ( 1590 ) , which also furnishes parallels to The Merchant of Venice . Our play or its predecessor may have been in the mind of Thomas Dekker , when , in the comedy of Patient Grissel , written in company ...
... Lords and Three Ladies of London ( 1590 ) , which also furnishes parallels to The Merchant of Venice . Our play or its predecessor may have been in the mind of Thomas Dekker , when , in the comedy of Patient Grissel , written in company ...
Page xvi
... lord and servants , the comedy is one of humorous situation rather than of witty wording . There could be no greater contrast to the nimble thrust and parry of wits between Beatrice and Benedick than the violent contests of Kather- ina ...
... lord and servants , the comedy is one of humorous situation rather than of witty wording . There could be no greater contrast to the nimble thrust and parry of wits between Beatrice and Benedick than the violent contests of Kather- ina ...
Page xvii
... lord of himself and hence lord of others . The masterfulness of an inflexible will may speed- ily become repellent . The secret of Shakespeare's tri- umph lies in this , that the tamer has no Introduction xvii.
... lord of himself and hence lord of others . The masterfulness of an inflexible will may speed- ily become repellent . The secret of Shakespeare's tri- umph lies in this , that the tamer has no Introduction xvii.
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