Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... action , the Ancients meant no other by it than what the logicians do by their finis , the end or scope of any action ; that which is the first in intention , and last in execution : now the poet is to aim at one great and complete action ...
... action , the Ancients meant no other by it than what the logicians do by their finis , the end or scope of any action ; that which is the first in intention , and last in execution : now the poet is to aim at one great and complete action ...
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... action . Secondly , the epitasis , or work- † ing up of the plot , where the play grows warmer , the design or action of it is drawing on , and you see something promising that it will come to pass . Thirdly , the catastasis , or ...
... action . Secondly , the epitasis , or work- † ing up of the plot , where the play grows warmer , the design or action of it is drawing on , and you see something promising that it will come to pass . Thirdly , the catastasis , or ...
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... action on the stage : every alteration or crossing of a design , every new - sprung passion , and turn of it , is a part of the action , and much the noblest , except we conceive nothing to be action till they come to blows ; as if the ...
... action on the stage : every alteration or crossing of a design , every new - sprung passion , and turn of it , is a part of the action , and much the noblest , except we conceive nothing to be action till they come to blows ; as if the ...
Contents
A Defence of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 1668 | 70 |
Preface to An Evenings Love 1671 | 90 |
Heads of an Answer to Rymer 1677 | 115 |
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acknowledge action admire allowed already Ancients answer appear argument Aristotle audience beauties beginning better betwixt called cause characters Chaucer comedy compass concernment conclude Corneille criticism defend delight discourse Dryden English equal errors Essay example excellent expression faults Fletcher follow French give given greater greatest Greek Homer humour imagination imitation Jonson judge judgment kind language latter least leave less lines lived manners means move nature never observed occasion opinion passions perfection perhaps persons pity Plautus play pleased plot poem poesy poet poetry practice preface present probability produce proper prove raised reader reason relation represented rest rhyme rule scene sense serious Shakespeare sometimes speak stage story supposed tell things thoughts tragedy translated true verse Virgil virtue whole wholly writ write written