Byron & Shakespeare - Wils KniIn this volume, G. Wilson Knight deals with the "superabundance of analogies between Byron and Shakespeare" through analysis and literarty criticism of poetry, sonnets and essays. |
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... Dark Lady of the Sonnets , we might be tempted to regard Shakespeare as a scandalous person ; worse — we might be tempted , for all we know , to regard him as a weak and ineffectual person ; and though this ought not to affect our ...
... Dark Lady of the Sonnets , we might be tempted to regard Shakespeare as a scandalous person ; worse — we might be tempted , for all we know , to regard him as a weak and ineffectual person ; and though this ought not to affect our ...
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... Dark Lady : The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action , lust Is perjur'd , murderous , bloody , full of blame , Savage , extreme , rude , cruel , not to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ...
... Dark Lady : The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action , lust Is perjur'd , murderous , bloody , full of blame , Savage , extreme , rude , cruel , not to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ...
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... Dark Lady for being false to her marriage vows : In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn , But thou art twice forsworn , to me love swearing , In act thy bed - vow broke , and new faith torn In vowing new hate after new love bearing ...
... Dark Lady for being false to her marriage vows : In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn , But thou art twice forsworn , to me love swearing , In act thy bed - vow broke , and new faith torn In vowing new hate after new love bearing ...
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... dark female powers , Juno and the war - stirring fury Allecto , are contrasted with such idealism as the heroic comradeship of Nisus and Euryalus and the pathos of the young Pallas , avenged by Aeneas at the Aeneid's conclusion ...
... dark female powers , Juno and the war - stirring fury Allecto , are contrasted with such idealism as the heroic comradeship of Nisus and Euryalus and the pathos of the young Pallas , avenged by Aeneas at the Aeneid's conclusion ...
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Contents
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24 | |
III A Regency Hamlet | 73 |
IV Falstaff and Comedy | 117 |
V Richard III and Macbeth | 151 |
VI Timon and Shylock | 188 |
VII Antony and Cleopatras Othello | 227 |
VIII Tempests Lear Prospera | 262 |
IX Henry VIII | 317 |
X The Golden Thread | 333 |
The Separation Controversy | 351 |
Index of Name and Titles | 367 |
Index of Byronic ThemesSelected | 378 |
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action Antony appears beauty become Cain called cause Childe Harold Cleopatra corresponds dark death Don Juan drama dream earth England existence experience fear feel felt given Greece Hamlet heart Henry Hobhouse honour human imagination Italy Journal kind King Lady Lady Melbourne least leaving less letter light lines living Lord Byron Macbeth Manfred March marriage means mind Moore moral Murray mystery nature never once Parry passage passion perhaps period phrase play poem poet poetic poetry political present quoted reason records reference regarded relation remained Richard seems seen sense sexual Shakespeare's Shakespearian society Sonnets soul spirit strong suggests symbol tells Tempest thee things thinking thou thought Timon told tone true truth turn VIII whole writes written wrote young youth