An Essay of Dramatic Poesy: A Defence of an Essay of Dramatic PoesyBobbs-Merrill, 1965 - 119 pages This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Clarendon Press in 1889 in 177 pages; Subjects: Drama; Drama / General; Drama / American; Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism / Drama; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Performing Arts / Theater / Playwriting; Poetry / American / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; |
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Page 47
... Ben Johnson's are for the most part regular ) there is a more masculine fancy and greater spirit in the writing , than there is in any of the French . I could produce , even in Shakespeare's and Fletcher's works , some plays which are ...
... Ben Johnson's are for the most part regular ) there is a more masculine fancy and greater spirit in the writing , than there is in any of the French . I could produce , even in Shakespeare's and Fletcher's works , some plays which are ...
Page 49
... Ben Johnson , before he writ Every Man in his Humour . Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's , espe- cially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of ...
... Ben Johnson , before he writ Every Man in his Humour . Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's , espe- cially those which were made before Beaumont's death ; and they understood and imitated the conversation of ...
Page 91
... Ben Johnson has not told us , yet it is manifestly his opinion : for you see that to his come- dies he allows generally but twenty - four hours ; to his two tragedies , Sejanus and Catiline , a much larger time , though he draws both of ...
... Ben Johnson has not told us , yet it is manifestly his opinion : for you see that to his come- dies he allows generally but twenty - four hours ; to his two tragedies , Sejanus and Catiline , a much larger time , though he draws both of ...
Contents
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy | 3 |
A Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy | 73 |
Preface to the Fables | 94 |
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