Reincarnating Shakespeare’s sister: Virginia Woolf and the “uncircumscribed spirit” of fiction by Naomi TOTH

“…For the movement of the writing subject beyond the self and towards the vital “spirit” of the “real” proves to be essential for the reincarnation of “Shakespeare’s sister”, that is, for the creation of a genuinely feminine literature.…”
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« Mon seul Shakespeare » by Jacques Nichet

“…All of a sudden, everything changes: the Duke can hear this same prisoner desperately ask his sister to save his life and to accept the new deputy’s blackmail. …”
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The Influence of Shakespearean Theatricality on Emily Dickinson’s Lyrical Self by Adeline Chevrier-Bosseau

“…Rather than an intimidating and unsurpassable literary figure, Shakespeare was as much as a teacher, a mentor, as Higginson or Susan –her sister-in-law and friend– were to the poet. …”
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