F. S. Boas, Shakspere and his Predecessors" (1896): "All these dramas introduce us into highly artificial societies, whose civilization is ripe unto rottenness. Admidst such media abnormal conditions of brain and emotion are generated, and intricate cases of conscience demand a solution by unprecedented methods. Thus throughout these plays we move along dim untrodden paths, and at the close our feeling is neither of simple joy or pain; we are excited, fascinated, perplexed, for the issues raised preclude a completely satisfactory outcome ... "
The Raku Study Group May 16th, 2021 1pm in California, 8pm in the UK Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88920904857?pwd=Z0N6RlRlblB0L0MycENnVjRsZ3lsUT09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl/events/278173084/