Shakespearean Meanings
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Sigurd Burckhardt
and Sigurd Burckhardt
About this book
Mr. Burckhardt does not discuss the plays as theatre. Instead he states: "This book is concerned with what Shakespeare meant. I believe that Shakespeare's plays, to put it bluntly, have messages and that these messages are discoverable, in fact, statable.... Shakespeare not only abides our questions, he tells us what questions to ask; he took infinite pains to be precisely understood."
Originally published in 1968.
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Frontmatter
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FOREWORD
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PREFACE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. HOW NOT TO MURDER CAESAR
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II. THE POET AS FOOL AND PRIEST: A DISCOURSE ON METHOD
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III. “I AM BUT SHADOW OF MYSELF”: CEREMONY AND DESIGN IN I HENRY VI
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IV. SHAKESPEARE, PEELE, AND THE KING OF SCOTS
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V. KING JOHN: THE ORDERING OF THIS PRESENT TIME
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VI. “SWOLL’N WITH SOME OTHER GRIEF”: SHAKESPEARE'S PRINCE H A L TRILOGY
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VII. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: THE GENTLE BOND
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VIII. KING LEAR: THE QUALITY OF NOTHING
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IX. THE KING’S LANGUAGE: SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMA A S SOCIAL DISCOVERY
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APPENDIX: NOTES ON THE THEORY OF INTRINSIC INTERPRETATION
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INDEX
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