The Developing Ideas of Individual Freedom and National Unity as Reflected in American Plays and the Theatre, 1772-1819Stanford University, 1965 - 926 pages |
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Page 81
... satire . The 11,000 trained , gorgeously uniformed British soldiers and their experienced generals were confined within " the bounds of three miles " by an unorgan- ized army of farmers and militiamen , many of whom were unarmed ...
... satire . The 11,000 trained , gorgeously uniformed British soldiers and their experienced generals were confined within " the bounds of three miles " by an unorgan- ized army of farmers and militiamen , many of whom were unarmed ...
Page 180
... satire is aimed at the vogue of trying to follow Chesterfield's advice on manners . even tries to teach Jonathan how and when to laugh , for Chesterfield has said that all " natural motions are regulated by art , " Tyler's sharpest satire ...
... satire is aimed at the vogue of trying to follow Chesterfield's advice on manners . even tries to teach Jonathan how and when to laugh , for Chesterfield has said that all " natural motions are regulated by art , " Tyler's sharpest satire ...
Page 197
... satire . the sentimental comedy with an American setting and the American patriotic interlude . The author of Columbia and Britannia combined dramatic forms -- the chronicle play , the pageant , the musical , the masque -- into a ...
... satire . the sentimental comedy with an American setting and the American patriotic interlude . The author of Columbia and Britannia combined dramatic forms -- the chronicle play , the pageant , the musical , the masque -- into a ...
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