And it still does, in whatever form we meet it, Ken.
Damn, I hadn't thought of Danby for years, but remember that essay
well.....
For such a delightful long note as that, we (or at least I) welcome
you in, not send you to the stocks....
Doug
On 20-Jan-08, at 12:29 PM, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> Tudor politics seemed very much like what J. F. Danby wrote about in
> connection with King Lear: a case of Handy-Dandy, damned if you do,
> damned if you don't. Style was all because a grisly death was near-
> certain the closer you came to the throne.
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