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1、ISAACASIMOVASIMOV’SGUIDETOSHAKESPEAREVOLUMEONETheGreek,Roman,andItalianPlaysVOLUMETWOTheEnglishPlaysILLUSTRATIONSBYRAFAELPALACIOSWINGSBOOKSNewYork•Avenel,NewJerseyNote:ThisfileisVolumeIonly.TheTableofContentsandIntroductionforthisvolumeaswellasjacketpagesarereloc
2、atedattheendtokeeppagenumberingconsistent.Blankpagesmarkpositionoftheillustrations,noneofwhichhavebeenincluded.IndexesforVolumeI&IIareattheendoftheVolumeIIfile,theoriginallocation.PARTIGreekVENUSANDADONISoFALLShakespeare'swritings,VenusandAdonisisthemoststraightf
3、orwardlymythologicalandtracesfarthestbackward(ifonlydimlyso)inhistory.Forthatreason,Iwillbeginwithit....EarlofSouthampton..."VenusandAdonis"bearsadedication:TotheRightHonourableHenryWriothesley,EarlofSouthampton,andBaronofTichfield.—DedicationSouthamptonwasawell-
4、educatedyouthofconsiderablewealth,whowaspresentedatthecourtofQueenElizabethIin1590,whilehewasstillaboyinhisteens.Hequicklybecameagenerouspatronofpoets,Shakespeareamongthem.ItissuggestedthatoneofShakespeare'searlyplays,Love'sLabor'sLost(seepageI-421)waswrittenfora
5、premiereperformanceatSouthampton'shousebeforeanassemblageofhisfriendsandguests.Ifso,theplaymusthavepleasedSouthamptontremendously;hispatronagetoShakespeareextended(soatleastonereportgoes)tothegiftofathousandpounds—anenormoussuminthosedays—forthecompletionofsomepu
6、rchase.Perhapsitisnowonder,then,thatShakespearemadehisdedicationtoVenusandAdonisflorid,indeed.Nevertheless,consideringthatweknowShakespeareasatranscendentgenius,andthatSouthamptonwasmerelyarichyoungmanwhowasnomorethantwentyyearsoldwhenVenusandAdoniswaspublished,t
7、hereissomethingunpleasantlysycophanticaboutthededication.Shakespearepretendstoworry,forinstance——howtheworldwillcensuremeforchoosingsostrongaproptosupportsoweakaburthen;—Dedication4GREEKCanhereallydoubthisownpowerso,oroverestimatetheyoungmansoegregiously?Surelyno
8、t.Canhebeindulginginsarcasm?ThatwouldbefoolishlyriskyandnothinginShakespeare'scareerwouldleadustosupposehimadevil-may-care.Hewasratherthereverse.Wellthen,ishem
