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Page 103
But of all these parts the most important is the combination of incidents or the fable . Because tragedy is an imitation , not of men , but of actions of life , of happiness and unhappiness ; for happiness consists in action , and the ...
But of all these parts the most important is the combination of incidents or the fable . Because tragedy is an imitation , not of men , but of actions of life , of happiness and unhappiness ; for happiness consists in action , and the ...
Page 105
As , therefore , in animals and other objects , a certain magnitude is requisite , but that magnitude must be such as to present a whole easily comprehended by the eye ; so in the fable a certain length is requisite , but that length ...
As , therefore , in animals and other objects , a certain magnitude is requisite , but that magnitude must be such as to present a whole easily comprehended by the eye ; so in the fable a certain length is requisite , but that length ...
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Of the plot or fable and its requisites enough has now been said . With respect to the manners , four things are to be attended to by the poet . First , and principally , they should be good . Now manners , or character , belong , as we ...
Of the plot or fable and its requisites enough has now been said . With respect to the manners , four things are to be attended to by the poet . First , and principally , they should be good . Now manners , or character , belong , as we ...
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Contents
Introduction by J V Cunningham page | 11 |
Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich | 17 |
Julius Caesar at the Globe 1599 | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | In Shakespeare's Day A Fawcett premier book, M471. Literature and ideas series Fawcett premier book Literature and ideas series |
| Editor | James Vincent Cunningham |
| Compiled by | James Vincent Cunningham |
| Publisher | Fawcett Publications, 1970 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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