The Crown of Life: Essays in Interpretation of Shakespeare's Final PlaysOxford University Press, 1947 - 336 pages |
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... death has sprung to vivid form , as it were , spontan- eously : a shaft of light penetrating into the very heart of death . The studied repetition that follows is less vital . It will be sufficient here to point the recurrence of the ...
... death has sprung to vivid form , as it were , spontan- eously : a shaft of light penetrating into the very heart of death . The studied repetition that follows is less vital . It will be sufficient here to point the recurrence of the ...
Page 169
... death throughout Cymbeline , so rich in sweetly sombre impressions of death ; of death , as it were , softened , with a pervading atmosphere of deep but ineffectual tragedy . Death is here desired , yet merciful . Significantly , no ...
... death throughout Cymbeline , so rich in sweetly sombre impressions of death ; of death , as it were , softened , with a pervading atmosphere of deep but ineffectual tragedy . Death is here desired , yet merciful . Significantly , no ...
Page 170
... Death is supreme but musical ; an embedding in earth and its earthy sweets . The Dirge itself hymns death as the release from all mortal fears- harsh nature , tyranny , slander — a calling home and a rewarder ( 11. ii . 258-81 ) . There ...
... Death is supreme but musical ; an embedding in earth and its earthy sweets . The Dirge itself hymns death as the release from all mortal fears- harsh nature , tyranny , slander — a calling home and a rewarder ( 11. ii . 258-81 ) . There ...
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