Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... better than myself . But if this incorrect Essay , written in the country without the help of books , or advice of friends , shall find any acceptance in the world , I promise to myself a better success of the second part , wherein the ...
... better than myself . But if this incorrect Essay , written in the country without the help of books , or advice of friends , shall find any acceptance in the world , I promise to myself a better success of the second part , wherein the ...
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... better to omit the representation of it . " The words of a good writer , which describe it lively , will make a deeper impression of belief in us than all the actor can persuade us to when he seems to fall dead before us ; as a poet in ...
... better to omit the representation of it . " The words of a good writer , which describe it lively , will make a deeper impression of belief in us than all the actor can persuade us to when he seems to fall dead before us ; as a poet in ...
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... better till Shakespeare's time . I will grant it was not altogether left by him , and that Fletcher and Ben Jonson used it frequently in their pastorals , and sometimes in other plays . Farther , I will not argue whether we received it ...
... better till Shakespeare's time . I will grant it was not altogether left by him , and that Fletcher and Ben Jonson used it frequently in their pastorals , and sometimes in other plays . Farther , I will not argue whether we received it ...
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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