Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... kind of verse in any language un- natural ) shall I , for their vicious affectation , condemn those excellent lines of Fletcher which are written in that kind ? Is there anything in rhyme more constrained than this line in blank verse ...
... kind of verse in any language un- natural ) shall I , for their vicious affectation , condemn those excellent lines of Fletcher which are written in that kind ? Is there anything in rhyme more constrained than this line in blank verse ...
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... kind of poesy as blank verse amongst them . Therefore , at most ' tis but a poetic prose , a sermo pedestris ; and as such , most fit for comedies , where I acknowledge rhyme to be improper Farther , as to that quotation of Aristotle ...
... kind of poesy as blank verse amongst them . Therefore , at most ' tis but a poetic prose , a sermo pedestris ; and as such , most fit for comedies , where I acknowledge rhyme to be improper Farther , as to that quotation of Aristotle ...
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... kind of writing till we could produce as good plays in rhyme as Ben Jonson , Fletcher , and Shakespeare had writ out ' of it . But it is to raise envy to the living , to compare them with the dead . They are honored , and almost adored ...
... kind of writing till we could produce as good plays in rhyme as Ben Jonson , Fletcher , and Shakespeare had writ out ' of it . But it is to raise envy to the living , to compare them with the dead . They are honored , and almost adored ...
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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