English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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Page 21
... difference is there , I pray you , betweene a ragedie and a comedie ? Age . There is this difference : a tragedie , properly , is that Inde of playe in the which calamities and miserable ends kings , princes , and great rulers , are ...
... difference is there , I pray you , betweene a ragedie and a comedie ? Age . There is this difference : a tragedie , properly , is that Inde of playe in the which calamities and miserable ends kings , princes , and great rulers , are ...
Page 33
... difference betwixt reporting and representing . As , for example , I may speak ( though I am here ) of Peru , and in speech digress from that to the description of Calicut ; but in action I cannot represent it without Pacolet's horse ...
... difference betwixt reporting and representing . As , for example , I may speak ( though I am here ) of Peru , and in speech digress from that to the description of Calicut ; but in action I cannot represent it without Pacolet's horse ...
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... difference and reconcilement a Thais and Phædria , which is not the chief business of the play but promotes the marriage of Chærea and Chremes's sister principally intended by the poet . There ought to be but on action , says Corneille ...
... difference and reconcilement a Thais and Phædria , which is not the chief business of the play but promotes the marriage of Chærea and Chremes's sister principally intended by the poet . There ought to be but on action , says Corneille ...
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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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