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G. Wilson Knight

1897 - 1985

English literary critic and academic, known particularly for his interpretation of mythic content in literature, and The Wheel of Fire, a collection of essays on Shakespeare's plays.

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  • Cover of: The wheel of fire: essays in the interpretation of Shakespearian tragedy with three new essays

    First published in 1930 52 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition wheeloffireinter00knig Cover of edition wheeloffireinter0000knig_d3t7 Cover of edition wheeloffireinter0000knig Cover of edition wheelfireroutled00knig
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  • Cover of: Imperial Theme: Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies Including the Roman Plays

    First published in 1931 37 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition imperialthemewil00knig Cover of edition imperialthemefur0000knig_d4u4 Cover of edition imperialtheme0000knig
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  • Cover of: Crown of Life (University Paperbacks)

    First published in 1947 34 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition crownoflifeessay0000knig_f6q3 Cover of edition crownoflifeessay0000knig_n4b6 Cover of edition crownoflifegwils0000gkni
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  • Cover of: Shakespearian production: with especial reference to the tragedies

    First published in 1936 28 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Shakespearian tempest

    First published in 1932 26 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition shakespeariantem0000knig_l3x7 Cover of edition shakespeariantem0000unse
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  • Cover of: The poetry of Pope; laureate of peace

    First published in 1954 18 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The starlit dome: studies in the poetry of vision

    First published in 1941 17 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Lord Byron's marriage: the evidence of asterisks.

    First published in 1957 16 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Christian renaissance: with interpretations of Dante, Shakespeare and Goethe and new discussions of Oscar Wilde and the Gospel of Thomas.

    First published in 1933 15 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The golden labyrinth: a study of British drama

    First published in 1962 15 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780460077125
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  • Cover of: Lord Byron: Christian virtues

    First published in 1952 14 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition lordbyronchristi0000knig_c3y1 Cover of edition lordbyronchristi0000knig_e0a6
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  • Cover of: Myth and miracle: an essay on the mystic symbolism of Shakespeare

    First published in 1920 14 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Chariot of wrath: the message of John Milton to democracy at war

    First published in 1942 11 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Henrik Ibsen

    First published in 1962 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Poets of action: incorporating essays from The burning oracle

    First published in 1967 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Byron and Shakespeare

    First published in 1966 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The burning oracle: studies in the poetry of action

    First published in 1939 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The sovereign flower: on Shakespeare as the poet of royalism, together with related essays and indexes to earlier volumes. Indexes composed by Patricia M. Ball.

    First published in 1958 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Saturnian quest: John Cowper Powys : a study of his prose works

    First published in 1964 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Byron's dramatic prose.

    First published in 1953 7 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, English literature, Religion, Christianity and literature, English poetry, History, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation, Religion in literature, English Christian drama, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Knowledge, Tragedies, Drama, Dramatic production, Literature, Religion and ethics, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, religion and ethics, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, tragedies, 19th century, Addresses, essays, lectures, Appreciation, Characters, Christianity in literature
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England, Great Britain, Peru, Rome
People
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), G. Wilson Knight (1897-1985), George Wilson Knight (1897-), H. Coombes, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), James Joyce (1882-1941), Jesus Christ, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), John Ford (b. ca 1586), John Keats (1795-1821), John Milton (1608-1674), Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), Shakespeare, Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953), Virgil, W. F. Jackson Knight (1895-1964)
Time
19th century, 16th century, 17th century, 20th century, 1800-, 1800-1950, 18th century, Conquest, 1522-1548

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  • G. Wilson (George Wilson) 18 Knight
  • George Wilson B. 1897 Knight
  • George Richard Wilson Knight
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