Eighteenth Century PlaysJohn Hampden J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1928 - 408 pages |
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Page viii
... Tragedy of Tragedies . But the decline of the heroic type , all bom- bast and extravagance , was accompanied by the rise of " classical " tragedy , restrained and formal . Here French influence was the dominant factor , giving strength ...
... Tragedy of Tragedies . But the decline of the heroic type , all bom- bast and extravagance , was accompanied by the rise of " classical " tragedy , restrained and formal . Here French influence was the dominant factor , giving strength ...
Page xxi
... Tragedy , a burlesque ( Drury Lane , 1732 ) , 1732 ; The Mock Doctor , a ballad - opera " Done from Molière ... tragedy called Eurydice Hissed ( Haymarket , 1737 ) , 1737 ; Plutus , " translated from Aristophanes , " 1742 ; Miss Lucy in ...
... Tragedy , a burlesque ( Drury Lane , 1732 ) , 1732 ; The Mock Doctor , a ballad - opera " Done from Molière ... tragedy called Eurydice Hissed ( Haymarket , 1737 ) , 1737 ; Plutus , " translated from Aristophanes , " 1742 ; Miss Lucy in ...
Page 167
... tragedy before us , in which I shall treat separately of the Fable , the Moral , the Characters , the Sentiments , and the Diction . And first of the Fable , which I take to be the most simple ... TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES : PREFACE 167.
... tragedy before us , in which I shall treat separately of the Fable , the Moral , the Characters , the Sentiments , and the Diction . And first of the Fable , which I take to be the most simple ... TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES : PREFACE 167.
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