Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... compass of a natural day , or as near it as can be contrived ; and the reason of it is obvious to every one , that the time of the feigned action , or fable of the play , should be proportioned as near as can be to the duration of that ...
... compass of a natural day , or as near it as can be contrived ; and the reason of it is obvious to every one , that the time of the feigned action , or fable of the play , should be proportioned as near as can be to the duration of that ...
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... compass . This I can testify , that in all their dramas writ within these last twenty years and upwards , I have not observed any that have extended the time to thirty hours . In the unity of place they are full as scrupulous , for many ...
... compass . This I can testify , that in all their dramas writ within these last twenty years and upwards , I have not observed any that have extended the time to thirty hours . In the unity of place they are full as scrupulous , for many ...
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... compass than you would a philosopher . This is indeed ' to cultivate the sterner muses . 91 You would have him follow 90. " quidlibet audendi " ( Horace , Ars poetica , 1. 10 ) . 91. " Musas colere severiores " ( Martial , Epigrams , IX ...
... compass than you would a philosopher . This is indeed ' to cultivate the sterner muses . 91 You would have him follow 90. " quidlibet audendi " ( Horace , Ars poetica , 1. 10 ) . 91. " Musas colere severiores " ( Martial , Epigrams , IX ...
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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