Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... represented on the stage ; and that the intervals and inequalities of time be supposed to fall out between the acts . " This rule of time , how well it has been observed by the Ancients , most of their plays will witness ; you see them ...
... represented on the stage ; and that the intervals and inequalities of time be supposed to fall out between the acts . " This rule of time , how well it has been observed by the Ancients , most of their plays will witness ; you see them ...
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... represented , we are convinced it is but fiction ; but when we hear it related , our eyes ( the strongest witnesses ) are wanting , which might have undeceived us , and we are all willing to favor the sleight when the poet does not too ...
... represented , we are convinced it is but fiction ; but when we hear it related , our eyes ( the strongest witnesses ) are wanting , which might have undeceived us , and we are all willing to favor the sleight when the poet does not too ...
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... represented ; the imaginary is that which is supposed to be taken up in the representation , as twenty- four hours more or less . Now no man ever could suppose that twenty - four real hours could be included in the space of three ; but ...
... represented ; the imaginary is that which is supposed to be taken up in the representation , as twenty- four hours more or less . Now no man ever could suppose that twenty - four real hours could be included in the space of three ; but ...
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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