Author : Josephine Preston Peabody
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330522943
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (229 download)
Book Synopsis Fortune and Men's Eyes, Drama in One Act (Classic Reprint) by : Josephine Preston Peabody
Download or read book Fortune and Men's Eyes, Drama in One Act (Classic Reprint) written by Josephine Preston Peabody and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fortune and Men's Eyes, Drama in One Act Some apology is due from anyone who would make use of our Shakespeare as a Person of the Play. In this instance, the play came into being as an act of devotion, rather than a free-will dramatic scheme. For a long season, the writer had brooded over Shakespere's Sonnets, and their further revelation of the understanding heart that remains a treasure to mankind. The scars upon a great mind, of grief and disillusion; a false friend, a bitter, disenchanting lady; self-contempt, isolation, doubt outpoured; - these are realities, and the twenty-ninth Sonnet is the sum of them. Of the many theories that offer historical basis for the human story, the one which identifies the Friend with Willian Herbert, and the Dark Lady with Mary Fytton, seemed at least not improbable. I It should be needless to say that we do not suppose the daily talk of great poets to partake of their "manner," as the gods grant them speech for the gods and heroes of their own works. The play tries to show The Player at close range, on a sordid afternoon in South London, when nothing would go right; and the best beloved of all poets felt himself, in his hour of dejection and self-contempt, deep "In disgrace with fortune and men's eyes." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.