Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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Page 64
... betwixt the epic poesy and the dramatic , for many reasons he there alleges , ranked above it ? " But setting this defense aside , your argument is almost as strong against the use of rhyme in poems as in plays ; for the epic way is ...
... betwixt the epic poesy and the dramatic , for many reasons he there alleges , ranked above it ? " But setting this defense aside , your argument is almost as strong against the use of rhyme in poems as in plays ; for the epic way is ...
Page 85
... betwixt two rooms than betwixt two houses ; betwixt two houses than betwixt two cities ; and so of the rest : reason therefore can sooner be led by imagination to step from one room into another than to walk to two distant houses , and ...
... betwixt two rooms than betwixt two houses ; betwixt two houses than betwixt two cities ; and so of the rest : reason therefore can sooner be led by imagination to step from one room into another than to walk to two distant houses , and ...
Page 92
... betwixt farce and comedy as betwixt an empiric2 and a true physician : both of them may attain their ends ; but what the one performs by hazard , the other does by skill . And as the artist is often unsuccessful while the mountebank ...
... betwixt farce and comedy as betwixt an empiric2 and a true physician : both of them may attain their ends ; but what the one performs by hazard , the other does by skill . And as the artist is often unsuccessful while the mountebank ...
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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