A Short History of English DramaMacGibbon & Kee, 1965 - 216 páginas |
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... Congreve ( 1670-1729 ) , was the last and greatest dramatist of this kind in the Restoration period . Like other famous writers of comedy , including Sheridan , Wilde and Shaw , he had an Irish background , though from an English family ...
... Congreve ( 1670-1729 ) , was the last and greatest dramatist of this kind in the Restoration period . Like other famous writers of comedy , including Sheridan , Wilde and Shaw , he had an Irish background , though from an English family ...
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... Congreve surpassed them with his brilliance and with his creation of characters , which despite all changes , remain permanent in the theatre . The Old Bachelor already shows something of Congreve's skill , though the action is ...
... Congreve surpassed them with his brilliance and with his creation of characters , which despite all changes , remain permanent in the theatre . The Old Bachelor already shows something of Congreve's skill , though the action is ...
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... Congreve medi- tated long on the plot , and perhaps he meditated too long . He has rid himself of such devices as the aside and the soliloquy , which he had used so freely in The Double Dealer ; but in doing so he left the movement of ...
... Congreve medi- tated long on the plot , and perhaps he meditated too long . He has rid himself of such devices as the aside and the soliloquy , which he had used so freely in The Double Dealer ; but in doing so he left the movement of ...
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INTRODUCTORY II | 11 |
THE ORIGINS MIRACLES MORALITIES | 19 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF TRAGEDY OF THE HISTORY | 29 |
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