10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSCISSORED»
Discover the use of
unscissored in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
unscissored and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Selection of Metaphysical Poets
Why yet did we not trust, Though with unkneaded, dough-baked prose, thy dust, 5
Such as the unscissored churchman from the flower Of fading rhet'ric, short-lived
as his hour, Dry as the sand that measures it, should lay Upon the ashes, ...
2
Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood
“Unscissored... hair” is Steevens's emendation of the Quarto “vnsisterd ... heyre,”
now generally adopted by editors because it resembles the vow that Pericles
makes in George Wilkins's prose version of the play, The Painful Adventures of ...
3
Shakespeare Survey: Volume 58, Writing about Shakespeare
... 'nonsensical' vnsistered in 'Unscissored shall this hair of mine remain' (13.29 in
Warren's numbering; 3.3.30 in Gossett's). In her discussion of the line, Gossett
observes that the emendation in question conf1rms Pericles's later vow 'Never to
...
4
Cavalier poets: selected poems
Why yet dare we not trust, Though with unkneaded dough-baked prose, thy dust,
Such as th' unscissored churchman, from the flower 5 Of fading rhetoric, short-
lived as his hour, Dry as the sand that measures it, should lay Upon thy ashes on
...
5
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of ...
Per. I believe you; Your honour and your goodness teach me credit, Without your
vows. Till she be married, madam, By bright Diana, whom we honor all,
Unscissored shall this hair of mine remain, Though I show will in't. So I take my
leave.
William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, 1851
6
Shakespeare as Collaborator
Gower, as chorus, speaks of Diana as Marina's mistress. Pericles vows 'by bright
Diana' to leave his hair 'unscissored'. Marina, appropriately, prays to Diana in the
brothel; and in the last act Diana appears to Pericles in a vision, telling him to ...
7
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles. I believe you ; Your honour and your goodness teach me to't, Without
your vows. Till she be married, madam, By bright Diana, whom we honour all,
Unscissored shall this hair of mine remain, Though I show ill in't. So I take my
leave.
William Shakespeare, 2014
8
Shakespeare's Ideas: More Things in Heaven and Earth
... in Mytilene (in the Aegean), where she proceeds to save her virginity by
converting would-be customers to a virtuous way of life. Pericles, meantime, has
vowed to keep his hair 'unscissored' (3.3.31) until such time as his daughter is
married.
9
Shakespeare, Sex, and Love
When Pericles leaves his infant daughter in the care of the apparently virtuous
but actually wicked Dionyza, he swears 'By bright Diana' that his hair will remain '
unscissored' until she is married (Sc. 13.27–30). It is in Diana's temple at
Ephesus ...
Stuart Gibbs. “Okay, then,” Erica whispered. “I'm going to let you go and take the
rag out. But if you make any attempt to fight back or call for help, I will hurt you,
understand?” I nodded again. Erica unscissored her legs and plucked the rag
from ...
