Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 pages |
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Page 89
... poem ; and , consequently , that love and valour ought to be the subject of it . Both these Sir William D'Avenant had begun to shadow ; but it was so , as first discoverers draw their maps , with head- lands , and promontories , and ...
... poem ; and , consequently , that love and valour ought to be the subject of it . Both these Sir William D'Avenant had begun to shadow ; but it was so , as first discoverers draw their maps , with head- lands , and promontories , and ...
Page 190
... poem historical , not epic , though both the actions and actors are as much heroic as any poem can contain . But since the action is not properly one , nor that accomplished in the last successes , I have judged it too bold a title for ...
... poem historical , not epic , though both the actions and actors are as much heroic as any poem can contain . But since the action is not properly one , nor that accomplished in the last successes , I have judged it too bold a title for ...
Page 276
... poem is but the second part of the Ilias ; a continuation of the same story , and the persons already formed . The manners of Æneas are those of Hector , superadded to those which Homer gave him . The adventures of Ulysses in the ...
... poem is but the second part of the Ilias ; a continuation of the same story , and the persons already formed . The manners of Æneas are those of Hector , superadded to those which Homer gave him . The adventures of Ulysses in the ...
Contents
EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES Lord | 1 |
A DEFENCE OF AN ESSAY OF DRAMATIC POESY | 60 |
ON COMEDY Farce and TRAGEDY | 77 |
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