Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the PlaysThis engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life.
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... attitudes, entire existence. Although associated with Stanislavski and drama, this kind of character analysis has a long literary history. Plutarch's Parallel Lives of the Greeks and Romans, a series of historical biographies, was one ...
... attitudes, entire existence. Although associated with Stanislavski and drama, this kind of character analysis has a long literary history. Plutarch's Parallel Lives of the Greeks and Romans, a series of historical biographies, was one ...
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... attitudes and postures, Montaigne attempts to ascertain who he is and what he believes. The Renaissance interest in character analysis is seen ... attitude to custom (p. 160). The sympathetic depiction of a franklin contrasts. 6 Introduction.
... attitudes and postures, Montaigne attempts to ascertain who he is and what he believes. The Renaissance interest in character analysis is seen ... attitude to custom (p. 160). The sympathetic depiction of a franklin contrasts. 6 Introduction.
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... attitudes and actions. This, of course, is why he translates and endures; but it is also why we cannot take “Shakespeare” as a synecdoche for “Renaissance drama.” A character in a Russell Hoban novel muses, “I'd always assumed that I ...
... attitudes and actions. This, of course, is why he translates and endures; but it is also why we cannot take “Shakespeare” as a synecdoche for “Renaissance drama.” A character in a Russell Hoban novel muses, “I'd always assumed that I ...
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Contents
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2 Marital Life Shakespeare and Romance | 50 |
3 Political Life Shakespeare and Government | 88 |
4 Public Life Shakespeare and Social Structures | 140 |
5 Real Life Shakespeare and Suffering | 180 |
Works Cited | 223 |
Index | 235 |
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