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1、822*09E42e**63-07533EliotI822.09E42e63-07533Eliot$.95EssaysonElizabethandramaT.S.ELIOTEssaysonElizabethanDramaAHARVESTBOOKHarcourt,BraceandCompanyNewYorkCOPYRIGHT,1932,1956,BYHARCOURT,BRACEANDCOMPANY,INC.Allrightsreserved,includingtherighttoreproducethisbookorportionsthere
2、ofinanyform.PRINTEDINTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAINMEMORIAMDONALDBRACEPrefaceWhenitwassuggestedthatIshouldmake,forinclusionintheHarvestseries,aselectionofessaysfromtheselectionofmyessayspublishedunderthetitleofSelectedEssays,myfirstthoughtwastoreprintasmallselectionpublishedma
3、nyyearsagoinEngland,calledElizabethanEssays.Withthisaiminview,itseemedprudenttorereadtheseessays,atmostofwhichIhadnotlooked,Isuspect,sinceIreadtheproofforthatbook.Theresultwassomewhatsurprising.TwooftheessayswereconcernedwithShakespeare:ShakespeareandtheStoicismofSenecaand
4、HamletandHisProblems.AthirdwasentitledFourElizabethanDramatistswiththesomewhatpretentioussubtitle"PrefacetoanUnwrittenBook."Allthreeoftheseessaysonre-examinationembarrassedmebytheircallowness,andbyafacilityofunqualifiedassertionwhichverges,hereandthere,onimpudence.TheHamle
5、t,ofcourse,hadbeenkeptafloatalltheseyearsbythesuccessofthephrase"objectivecorrelative"aphrasewhich,Iamnowtold,isnotevenmyownbutwasfirstusedbyWashingtonviiiPrefaceAlston.Thesethreeessayswerethefirsttobereread;andwhenIhadreadthemIturnedwithtrepidationtorereadmyessaysonShakes
6、peare'scontemporaries.Iwasastonishedtofindthatthesemeessaysstruckasverygoodindeed.Whatisthereasonformyformingsuchdifferentjudgmentsondifferentessays?IbelievethattheexplanationisatleastpartlytobefoundinthefactthatShakespeareissomuchgreaterthananyofhiscontemporaries.AboutMar
7、lowe,orFord,orevenBenJonson,itispossibleforayoungman(andIwasaveryyoungman,oranimmatureyoungishman,whenIwrotetheseessays)tohavesomethingtosaywithwhichhewillstillfindhimselfinagreementthirtyyearsormorelater.Itmayevenbethatayouthfulsensibilityisthemostdesirablequalificationfo
8、rwritingabouttheseminorpoetsanddramatists.Maturewisdom,andmuchexperienceofmenandbooks,isp
