Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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... mood , he has shown us such a world . But this is not the mood which informs Antony and Cleopatra . On the contrary , in it Shakespeare teaches us that it is possible to face life at its most baffling and imperfect and unideal , and yet ...
... mood , he has shown us such a world . But this is not the mood which informs Antony and Cleopatra . On the contrary , in it Shakespeare teaches us that it is possible to face life at its most baffling and imperfect and unideal , and yet ...
Page 55
... mood in which he surveyed the drama of human existence . This , for all his humour , was predominantly a minor key mood . The circumstances of his early life , an uncongenial home background , and an unhappy family life still further ...
... mood in which he surveyed the drama of human existence . This , for all his humour , was predominantly a minor key mood . The circumstances of his early life , an uncongenial home background , and an unhappy family life still further ...
Page 144
... mood of the hero and heroine . This mood is calm , there is even a tinge of tenderness in it . But it is a hopeless tenderness - like that of the sun shining without heat on the dead earth . Nowhere else in the story , we must suppose ...
... mood of the hero and heroine . This mood is calm , there is even a tinge of tenderness in it . But it is a hopeless tenderness - like that of the sun shining without heat on the dead earth . Nowhere else in the story , we must suppose ...
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