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TS Eliot on Shakespeare
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marco
May 25, 2013, 5:35:41 PM5/25/13
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T. S. Eliot set out his measurements of a classic as “maturity of mind,
maturity of manners, maturity of language, and perfection of the common style.”
He thought Chaucer and Shakespeare were a little too rough around the edges
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/05/canon-fodder-denouncing-the-classics.html?mbid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true
this link is long; if it doesn't work, the article is
on the NewYorker site posted by Sam Sacks, whoever that is
marc
maturity of manners, maturity of language, and perfection of the common style.”
He thought Chaucer and Shakespeare were a little too rough around the edges
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/05/canon-fodder-denouncing-the-classics.html?mbid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true
this link is long; if it doesn't work, the article is
on the NewYorker site posted by Sam Sacks, whoever that is
marc
marco
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