Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page xvi
... comedy in 1668 he had felt confident enough to oppose the prevailing libertine intrigues , and offer to provide Jonsonian humours instead . He had , too , a talent for satirical writing . Epsom - Wells , performed in December 1672 , is ...
... comedy in 1668 he had felt confident enough to oppose the prevailing libertine intrigues , and offer to provide Jonsonian humours instead . He had , too , a talent for satirical writing . Epsom - Wells , performed in December 1672 , is ...
Page 537
... comedy proceeds not so much from my judgment as from my temper ; which is the reason why I so seldom write it ; and ... comedy to farce , which consists principally of grimaces . That I admire not any comedy equally with tragedy is ...
... comedy proceeds not so much from my judgment as from my temper ; which is the reason why I so seldom write it ; and ... comedy to farce , which consists principally of grimaces . That I admire not any comedy equally with tragedy is ...
Page 542
... comedy . In tragedy , where the actions and persons are great , and the crimes horrid , the laws of justice are more strictly to be observed ; and examples of punishment to be made to deter mankind from the pursuit of vice . Faults of ...
... comedy . In tragedy , where the actions and persons are great , and the crimes horrid , the laws of justice are more strictly to be observed ; and examples of punishment to be made to deter mankind from the pursuit of vice . Faults of ...
Contents
Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings 37 | 3 |
Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell | 14 |
To Dr Charleton | 28 |
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action ALEXAS Ancients ANTONY appear arms bear beauty better cause characters CLEOPATRA comedy concernment court dear death DOLABELLA DORALICE Dryden English Enter eyes fate father fear fire foes follow force fortune French give hand happy haste hear heart Heav'n honour hope Italy judge kind king laws least leave LEONIDAS less live look lord lost manners means MELANTHA mind move nature never observed once pains PALAMEDE PALMYRA pass passions Persius persons pity play pleased plot poem poet poor praise prince raise reason rest RHODOPHIL rhyme Roman rule satire scene sense side soul speak stage stand sure tell thee things thou thought tragedy translation true turn VENTIDIUS verse virtue wife write young
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Elations: The Poetics of Enthusiasm in Eighteenth-century Britain Shaun Irlam No preview available - 1999 |