Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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Page 41
... action and of life , and life consists in action , and its end is a mode of action , not a quality . Now character determines men's qualities , but it is by their actions that they are happy or the reverse . Dramatic action , therefore ...
... action and of life , and life consists in action , and its end is a mode of action , not a quality . Now character determines men's qualities , but it is by their actions that they are happy or the reverse . Dramatic action , therefore ...
Page 46
... action which is one and continuous in the sense above defined I call simple when the change of fortune takes place without reversal of intention and without recognition . A complex action is one in which the change is accompanied by ...
... action which is one and continuous in the sense above defined I call simple when the change of fortune takes place without reversal of intention and without recognition . A complex action is one in which the change is accompanied by ...
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... action in the other , the difference is in space . So that by this definition we conclude the fable to be the imitation of one perfect and entire action as one perfect and entire place is required to a building . By perfect we ...
... action in the other , the difference is in space . So that by this definition we conclude the fable to be the imitation of one perfect and entire action as one perfect and entire place is required to a building . By perfect we ...
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action admiration Aeschylus Ancients Aristotle audience beauty Ben Jonson better blank verse called character comedy Crites critics delight Demosthenes diction divine doth dramatic Dryden English epic poetry Eugenius Euripides excellent expression eyes father fault French genius give Glaucon Greek hath Hesiod Homer honor Horace humor iambic Iliad imagine imitation inspiration John Dryden Jonson judge judgment kind knowledge language laughter learning Lisideius living Longinus matter mean metaphors meter mind modern Muse nature Neander neoclassical never observed Odyssey passions perfect persons philosopher pity Plato Plautus play plot poem poesy poet poet's poetic Polygnotus praise proper prose Quintilian reason rhapsode rhyme rules scene sense Silent Woman Socrates song Sophocles soul sound speak speech stage style sublimity things thought tion tragedy tragic tragicomedies true truth unity virtue whole words writ write Xenophon