English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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... common resortings vnto playes , sayth : - They come to see , and eke for to be seene , Full much chastitie quailed thereby hath beene . Iuvenal the poet sayeth also , that no wiues or maydens , tha list to content or please sad and ...
... common resortings vnto playes , sayth : - They come to see , and eke for to be seene , Full much chastitie quailed thereby hath beene . Iuvenal the poet sayeth also , that no wiues or maydens , tha list to content or please sad and ...
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... common buses of mans life was reprehended . Some perchance would thinke that next after the praise and onoring of their gods , should commence the worshippings nd praise of good men , and specially of great Princes and ouernours of the ...
... common buses of mans life was reprehended . Some perchance would thinke that next after the praise and onoring of their gods , should commence the worshippings nd praise of good men , and specially of great Princes and ouernours of the ...
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... common persons and ordinary speaking , and what is nearest the nature of a serious play : this last is indeed the representation of Nature , but ' tis Nature wrought up to an higher pitch . The plot , the characters , the wit , the ...
... common persons and ordinary speaking , and what is nearest the nature of a serious play : this last is indeed the representation of Nature , but ' tis Nature wrought up to an higher pitch . The plot , the characters , the wit , the ...
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An Abridgement of the Notable Work | 5 |
Prologue to Ralph Roister Doister ca 1566 | 11 |
The Art of English Poesy 1589 | 25 |
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