Special Section, Shakespeare and Montaigne RevisitedGraham Bradshaw, T. G. Bishop, Peter Holbrook Ashgate, 2006 - 405 pages This year including a special section on "Shakespeare and Montaigne Revisited," The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Contributors to this issue come from the US and the UK, Canada, Sweden, Japan and Australia. This issue includes an interview with veteran American actor Alvin Epstein during his recent acclaimed performance of King Lear for the Actors' Shakespeare project in Boston. |
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Page 89
... suggests , the " best father that ever was ” never managed to shape the son in his own likeness . Montaigne observes dejectedly that given his innate tendency towards idleness and his poor memory , " it is no wonder that my father could ...
... suggests , the " best father that ever was ” never managed to shape the son in his own likeness . Montaigne observes dejectedly that given his innate tendency towards idleness and his poor memory , " it is no wonder that my father could ...
Page 124
... suggests that a disposition toward cruel violence arises from cowardice . The cowardly , he suggests , are too fearful to engage in the equal combats that show nobility , and thus massacre and torture the helpless in order to compensate ...
... suggests that a disposition toward cruel violence arises from cowardice . The cowardly , he suggests , are too fearful to engage in the equal combats that show nobility , and thus massacre and torture the helpless in order to compensate ...
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... suggest , is that Montaigne's scepticism appears to exhibit wild inconsistencies in prac- tice , not only from ... suggests that Montaigne's reader " lets herself be carried from Charybdis to Scylla , from Epicureanism to Stoicism ...
... suggest , is that Montaigne's scepticism appears to exhibit wild inconsistencies in prac- tice , not only from ... suggests that Montaigne's reader " lets herself be carried from Charybdis to Scylla , from Epicureanism to Stoicism ...
Contents
A Case Study | 21 |
Montaigne Shakespeare | 37 |
Suspicion and Belief in Shakespeares Early Comedies | 56 |
Copyright | |
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