A Literary History of England: The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660-1789, by George SherburnAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 - 1673 pages |
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... plays and the nature of the plays themselves will be the subject of the present chapter . The comedies will be reserved for the next chapter , although it must be noted that few dramatists specialized either in comedy or tragedy . They ...
... plays and the nature of the plays themselves will be the subject of the present chapter . The comedies will be reserved for the next chapter , although it must be noted that few dramatists specialized either in comedy or tragedy . They ...
Page 755
... plays satirized . At any rate in 1675 Dryden produced another ( his last ) Adaptations rimed heroic play , Aureng - Zebe , which followed closely the pattern of the earlier plays in its stock characters , its multiplication of love ...
... plays satirized . At any rate in 1675 Dryden produced another ( his last ) Adaptations rimed heroic play , Aureng - Zebe , which followed closely the pattern of the earlier plays in its stock characters , its multiplication of love ...
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... plays were marked by an increased avoidance of both bawdiness and wit , though neither was usually quite absent from a successful play . Tendencies There was , as we shall see , a considerable accession of sentimentality . The in Plays ...
... plays were marked by an increased avoidance of both bawdiness and wit , though neither was usually quite absent from a successful play . Tendencies There was , as we shall see , a considerable accession of sentimentality . The in Plays ...
Contents
List of Abbreviations | 696 |
Literary Criticism of the Restoration | 710 |
III The Poetry of Dryden | 722 |
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