A Literary History of England: The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660-1789, by George SherburnAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 - 1673 pages |
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... influence on tragedy but less on comedy . Jonson contributed a popular type of low comedy , and his method of characterization by means of humors was common throughout the whole century . Idealistic romanticism was " out " in comedy ...
... influence on tragedy but less on comedy . Jonson contributed a popular type of low comedy , and his method of characterization by means of humors was common throughout the whole century . Idealistic romanticism was " out " in comedy ...
Page 811
... influence in developing the doctrine of skepticism ( or the open mind ) as a method in thinking . The changes in style in the forms of this work , fur- thermore , indicate neatly the nature of the influences ( the Royal Society and ...
... influence in developing the doctrine of skepticism ( or the open mind ) as a method in thinking . The changes in style in the forms of this work , fur- thermore , indicate neatly the nature of the influences ( the Royal Society and ...
Page 870
... influences of this essay were journalistic rather than the traditions of Montaigne , Bacon , or Cowley . There is a considerable influence of the seventeenth - century " character " ; " and such pictures of daily life as 2 1 For a ...
... influences of this essay were journalistic rather than the traditions of Montaigne , Bacon , or Cowley . There is a considerable influence of the seventeenth - century " character " ; " and such pictures of daily life as 2 1 For a ...
Contents
List of Abbreviations | 696 |
Literary Criticism of the Restoration | 710 |
III The Poetry of Dryden | 722 |
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