Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... characters of villainy ? I confess I am not of that opinion ; but it is necessary that the hero of the play be not a villain ; that is , the characters which should move our pity ought to have virtuous inclinations , and degrees of ...
... characters of villainy ? I confess I am not of that opinion ; but it is necessary that the hero of the play be not a villain ; that is , the characters which should move our pity ought to have virtuous inclinations , and degrees of ...
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... characters of men , as we have them delivered to us by relation or history ; that is , when a poet has the known character of this or that man before him , he is bound to represent him such , at least not contrary to that which fame has ...
... characters of men , as we have them delivered to us by relation or history ; that is , when a poet has the known character of this or that man before him , he is bound to represent him such , at least not contrary to that which fame has ...
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John Dryden Arthur C. Kirsch. From the manners , the characters of persons are derived ; for indeed the characters are no other than the inclinations , as they appear in the several persons of the poem ; a character being thus defined ...
John Dryden Arthur C. Kirsch. From the manners , the characters of persons are derived ; for indeed the characters are no other than the inclinations , as they appear in the several persons of the poem ; a character being thus defined ...
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