 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 sidor
..."Shakespeare is above all writers . . . the poet of nature. . . . His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles...and the whole system of life is continued in motion" (Shakespeare, I, 61). Novelists like Richardson and Fielding are "engaged in portraits of which every... | |
 | James E. Hirsh - 1997 - 228 sidor
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 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 sidor
...furniture. Shakespeare reminds each reader of something already known. "His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles...and the whole system of life is continued in motion" (7: 61-62). The reason that a poet can represent general nature, therefore, is that all minds are agitated... | |
 | Reed Woodhouse - 1998 - 360 sidor
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 | Scott D. Evans - 1999 - 180 sidor
...commendation of generality is common throughout the Preface: "[Shakespeare's] persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles...the whole system of life is continued in motion"; a Shakespearean character is less commonly an individual than a "species" (62); "Shakespeare has no... | |
 | Martin Coyle - 1999 - 196 sidor
...progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find. ... In the writings of other poets a character is too...individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species ... Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader... | |
 | Seamus Perry - 1999 - 330 sidor
...praised the real-life individuality of Shakespeare's characters; Johnson found an opposite excellence ('In the writings of other poets a character is too...in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species': Johnson, 11); and Coleridge's division leads him to both positions at once. On the one hand, 'he brings... | |
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In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual, in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species. 
