Variable Passions
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Variable Passions
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Author : Anthony Robert Mortimer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Variable Passions written by Anthony Robert Mortimer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Adonis categories.
With its blend of pathos and erotic comedy, Venus and Adonis (1593) was the poem that made Shakespeare's reputation, but it has been strangely neglected by modern criticism. In Variable Passions it finally receives the kind of close sequential reading that has previously been reserved for the Sonnets. Anthony Mortimer's stimulating and meticulous study illuminates the poem's startling shifts in tone, its subtle means of continuity and its witty inversion of gender roles. This work breaks new ground in seeing Venus and Adonis in relation not only to its Ovidian source but also to the whole continental tradition of Venus and Adonis poems. What emerges is a Shakespeare acutely conscious both of the relevance and irrelevance of myth and of the functions and dysfunctions of rhetoric.
A Dictionary Of The English Language
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Author : Samuel Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1805
A Dictionary Of The English Language written by Samuel Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1805 with English language categories.
Enlightenment Shadows
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Author : Genevieve Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-07-25
Enlightenment Shadows written by Genevieve Lloyd and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-25 with Philosophy categories.
The idea of the Enlightenment has become a touchstone for emotive and often contradictory articulations of contemporary western values. Enlightenment Shadows is a study of the place of Enlightenment thought in intellectual history and of its continued relevance. Genevieve Lloyd focuses especially on what is distinctive in ideas of intellectual character offered by key Enlightenment thinkers—on their attitudes to belief and scepticism; on their optimism about the future; and on the uncertainties and instabilities which nonetheless often lurk beneath their use of imagery of light. The book is organized around interconnected close readings of a range of texts: Montesquieu's Persian Letters; Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary; Hume's essay The Sceptic; Adam Smith's treatment of sympathy and imagination in Theory of Moral Sentiments; d'Alembert's Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia—together with Diderot's entry on Encyclopedia; Diderot's Rameau's Nephew; and Kant's essay Perpetual Peace. Throughout, the readings highlight ways in which Enlightenment thinkers enacted in their writing—and reflected on—the interplay of intellect, imagination, and emotion. Recurring themes include: the nature of judgement—its relations with imagination and with ideals of objectivity; issues of truth and relativism; the ethical significance of imagining one's self into the situations of others; cosmopolitanism; tolerance; and the idea of the secular.
Poems
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-25
Poems written by William Shakespeare and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Drama categories.
In 1593 Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his comic, erotic, tragic poem Venus and Adonis were on everyone's lips.The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and richly descriptive Rape of Lucrece confirmed his fame as 'Sweet Master Shakespeare', Elizabethan England's most brilliant non-dramatic poet. Shorter poems in this volume testify further to Shakespeare's versatility and to his poetic fame. Some, like the much-debated `Phoenix and Turtle', pose problems of meaning; others raise questions about authorship and authenticity. Detailed annotation and a full Introduction seek to resolve such difficulties while also locating Shakespeare's poems in their literary context, which includes his own career as a playwright.
A Dictionary Of The English Language In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals And Illustrated In Their Different Significations Together With A History Of The Language And An English Grammar By Samuel Johnson Whith Numerous Corrections And With The Addition Of Several Thousand Words By The Rev H J Todd In Four Volumes Vol 1 4
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1818
A Dictionary Of The English Language In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals And Illustrated In Their Different Significations Together With A History Of The Language And An English Grammar By Samuel Johnson Whith Numerous Corrections And With The Addition Of Several Thousand Words By The Rev H J Todd In Four Volumes Vol 1 4 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1818 with categories.
Dr Webster S Complete Dictionary Of The English Language
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Author : Noah Webster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Dr Webster S Complete Dictionary Of The English Language written by Noah Webster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with categories.
Principles For The Conduct Of Life Etc Passages From Various Authors
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Author : Charles LLOYD (formerly in the Civil Service of Bengal.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
Principles For The Conduct Of Life Etc Passages From Various Authors written by Charles LLOYD (formerly in the Civil Service of Bengal.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with categories.
Shakespeare And Republicanism
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Author : Andrew Hadfield
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-07-21
Shakespeare And Republicanism written by Andrew Hadfield and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
This highly praised book, first published in 2005, reveals how political thought critical of the government underpins Shakespeare's writing.
Shakespearian Tempest V 2
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Author : G. Wilson Knight
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-12
Shakespearian Tempest V 2 written by G. Wilson Knight and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-12 with Literary Collections categories.
First published in 2002. This is Volume II of the collected works of G.Wilson Knight and this revised looks at the Shakespearian Tempest and includes a Chart of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Universe.
A Concordance To Shakespeare S Poems
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Author : Horace Furness
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-05-16
A Concordance To Shakespeare S Poems written by Horace Furness and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-16 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.