Against Interpretation, and Other EssaysThe first collection of essays by the brilliant critic and writer to be published in book form, containing her best writings between 1961 and 1965. |
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... historical meaning . It is not only that styles belong to a time and a place ; and that our perception of the style of a given work of art is always charged with an awareness of the work's his- toricity , its place in a chronology ...
... historical meaning . It is not only that styles belong to a time and a place ; and that our perception of the style of a given work of art is always charged with an awareness of the work's his- toricity , its place in a chronology ...
Page 128
... historical dramas of Shakespeare and Schiller and the epic theater of Brecht . All questions of quality aside , these comparisons - with classical historical drama and with epic theater when it deals with historical subjects — are ...
... historical dramas of Shakespeare and Schiller and the epic theater of Brecht . All questions of quality aside , these comparisons - with classical historical drama and with epic theater when it deals with historical subjects — are ...
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... historical ; Hochhuth's characters are little more than mouthpieces for the exposition of historical facts , exhibits of the collision of moral principles . But after the way in which Miller turns all events into their subjective ...
... historical ; Hochhuth's characters are little more than mouthpieces for the exposition of historical facts , exhibits of the collision of moral principles . But after the way in which Miller turns all events into their subjective ...
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