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Shakespeare
English playwright; referenced as a literary touchstone.
minor
First appearance: Poetry
Shakespeare shows up with force in III: Not How Many, but Where the Enemy Are. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted at the chapter's opening: 'What’s brave, what’s noble, Let’s do it after the high Roman fashion.'
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In III: Not How Many, but Where the Enemy Are: Quoted at the chapter's opening: 'What’s brave, what’s noble, Let’s do it after the high Roman fashion.' Later, in Aulus Persius Flaccus: Listed alongside Homer and Milton…
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- Poets of realism and epic
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Shakespeare appears across 8 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- III: Not How Many, but Where the Enemy Are
- Aulus Persius Flaccus
- Natural History of Massachusetts
- The Landlord
- Homer
- Chaucer
- Poetry
- Thomas Carlyle and His Works
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