Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... plot ; they only represent so much of a story as will con- stitute one whole and great action sufficient for a play ... plot has that uni- formity and unity of design in it which I have commended in the French ; and that is Rollo , 54 or ...
... plot ; they only represent so much of a story as will con- stitute one whole and great action sufficient for a play ... plot has that uni- formity and unity of design in it which I have commended in the French ; and that is Rollo , 54 or ...
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... plots ; they are too much alike to please often , which we need not the experience of our own stage to justify . As for their new way of mingling mirth with serious plot , I do not with Lisideius condemn the thing , though I cannot ...
... plots ; they are too much alike to please often , which we need not the experience of our own stage to justify . As for their new way of mingling mirth with serious plot , I do not with Lisideius condemn the thing , though I cannot ...
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... plots or by - concernments of less considerable persons and intrigues , which are carried on with the motion of the main plot ; just as they say the orb of the fixed stars , and those of the planets , though they have motions of their ...
... plots or by - concernments of less considerable persons and intrigues , which are carried on with the motion of the main plot ; just as they say the orb of the fixed stars , and those of the planets , though they have motions of their ...
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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