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The mythical sorrows of Shakespeare

by C. J. Sisson

Shakespeare interetationcriticism

This is a seminal essay first published in 1934 where Sisson attacks the Victorian autobiographical interpretation of Shakespeare's works whereby a tragedy must the result of a sad period in the writer's life etc.

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Book data: Open Library