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... less consistent , less extreme , and less mechanical in his use of artifice . Sidney's other important work is his Defence of Poesie , written in the early 1580's and first published in 1595 ( in two editions , the other being entitled ...
... less consistent , less extreme , and less mechanical in his use of artifice . Sidney's other important work is his Defence of Poesie , written in the early 1580's and first published in 1595 ( in two editions , the other being entitled ...
Page 240
... less the confident extrovert than a man who seeks a more purely intellectual empire . The Faustus myth reaches more ... less aspiring mind he would have been a better man : less imaginative , less interesting , and less dar- ing , he ...
... less the confident extrovert than a man who seeks a more purely intellectual empire . The Faustus myth reaches more ... less aspiring mind he would have been a better man : less imaginative , less interesting , and less dar- ing , he ...
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... less good man . A more worldly Brutus , a less morally sensitive Hamlet , a tougher and more cunning Othello , would have done less harm in the world . This goes far deeper than simply the relation between private and public virtue . It ...
... less good man . A more worldly Brutus , a less morally sensitive Hamlet , a tougher and more cunning Othello , would have done less harm in the world . This goes far deeper than simply the relation between private and public virtue . It ...
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