The Sovereign Flower: On Shakespeare as the Poet of Royalism Together with Related Essays and Indexes to Earlier VolumesFirst published in 2002. This is the final Volume IV of the five G. Wilson Knight collected works series and focuses on Shakespeare as the Poet of Royalism together with related essays and indexes to earlier volumes. The emphasis in this volume is the shift from Shakespeare as the poet of England to Shakespeare as the poet of royalism, in a wide sense. |
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... important considera- tions are lacking , but it serves to show the kind of thing I should have done , had I ever attempted a single discursive study of Shakespeare's total impact . The last chapter , ' Some Notable Fallacies ' , is new ...
... important considera- tions are lacking , but it serves to show the kind of thing I should have done , had I ever attempted a single discursive study of Shakespeare's total impact . The last chapter , ' Some Notable Fallacies ' , is new ...
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... important , is concerned with wars in France , Talbot playing the role of national hero and less than justice being done to Joan of Arc . Parts II and III are more impor- tant . These dramatize the Wars of the Roses , staging bitter ...
... important , is concerned with wars in France , Talbot playing the role of national hero and less than justice being done to Joan of Arc . Parts II and III are more impor- tant . These dramatize the Wars of the Roses , staging bitter ...
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... important prophecy ( see p . 86 below , note ) concerning ' this pretty lad ' , young Richmond ( 3 Henry VI , IV . vi . 70 ) , is striking throughout . phrased by King Henry in a fine speech of Shakespearian 18 THE SOVEREIGN FLOWER.
... important prophecy ( see p . 86 below , note ) concerning ' this pretty lad ' , young Richmond ( 3 Henry VI , IV . vi . 70 ) , is striking throughout . phrased by King Henry in a fine speech of Shakespearian 18 THE SOVEREIGN FLOWER.
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... important because , in the depths , he has a sense of the human essence , in joy or pain , which far outspaces all national and historic boundaries . But it is better to unify our impressions by saying that the process of England's rise ...
... important because , in the depths , he has a sense of the human essence , in joy or pain , which far outspaces all national and historic boundaries . But it is better to unify our impressions by saying that the process of England's rise ...
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Contents
7 | |
Well | 93 |
Whats in a Name? | 161 |
A Literature and the Nation | 263 |
cA Royal Propaganda | 273 |
The Second Part of King Henry VI and Macbeth | 280 |
E The Principles of Shakespeare Interpretation 1928 | 287 |
A Shakespearian Works | 297 |
General | 318 |
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