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Danson, Lawrence Neil was born on November 10, 1942 in New York City. Son of Harold and Henrietta (Steinberg) Danson.
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Tragic Alphabet - Shakespeare's Drama of Language
(In Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, Titus Andronicus swear...)
In Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, Titus Andronicus swears to his speechless daughter that he will "wrest an alphabet" from her every gesture. The same task is central for Shakespeare, his characters, and his audience. For what we see in a Shakespearean tragedy is not only man speaking but man trying to speak, to create a language that can "denote his truly". Lawrence Danson studies the four major tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear - as well as Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, and Coriolanus to demonstrate that the tragedies are not only written in words but are also written about words and about the difficulties involved in their characters' search for true and adequate modes of expression. This expression, once achieved, is the formal shape of each completed play and, in the world of tragedy, it requires an ultimate sacrifice on the part of the hero.
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The Harmonies of the Merchant of Venice
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Tragic Alphabet: Shakespeare's Drama of Language by Lawrence Danson (1975-01-01)
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Max Beerbohm and The Mirror of the Past
(Max Beerbohm and The Mirror of the Past by Lawrence Danso...)
Max Beerbohm and The Mirror of the Past by Lawrence Danson. Preface by Robert H. Taylor. 1982 hardcover published by Princeton University Library.
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Lawrence Neil Danson
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Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1964; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1969.
Career
Instructor English, Princeton University, 1968-1969; assistant Professor of English, Princeton University, 1969-1975; associate Professor of English, Princeton University, 1975-1978; Professor of English, Princeton University, since 1978. Member of faculty Bread Loaf School English, Middelbury College, Vermont, 1977, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87. Visiting associate professor Dartmouth College, 1978.
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Works
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Tragic Alphabet - Shakespeare's Drama of Language
(In Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, Titus Andronicus swear...)
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Max Beerbohm and The Mirror of the Past
(Max Beerbohm and The Mirror of the Past by Lawrence Danso...)
- Max Beerbohm & the Mirror of the Past
- The Harmonies of the Merchant of Venice
- Tragic Alphabet: Shakespeare's Drama of Language by Lawrence Danson (1975-01-01)
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Tragic Alphabet - Shakespeare's Drama of Language
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, Shakespeare Association American.
Connections
Married Elizabeth A. Price, July 22, 1967. Children: Benjamin, Joshua.
