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... and how he had appealed from a private discussion to the judgment of the
public . “ Above all I am pleased , ” says the Guardian , “ in observing that the
Tragedies of Shakespeare , which in my youthful days have so frequently filled
my ...
... and how he had appealed from a private discussion to the judgment of the
public . “ Above all I am pleased , ” says the Guardian , “ in observing that the
Tragedies of Shakespeare , which in my youthful days have so frequently filled
my ...
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But concurrently on to Johnson ' s time we can trace the influence of Thomas
Rymer , who , in his Short View of Tragedy , had championed the classical drama
, and had gone as far in abuse as his greater contemporary had gone in praise .
But concurrently on to Johnson ' s time we can trace the influence of Thomas
Rymer , who , in his Short View of Tragedy , had championed the classical drama
, and had gone as far in abuse as his greater contemporary had gone in praise .
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Notwithstanding a brave prologue , he was not able to shake himself free from
the rules , which tightened their grip on English tragedy till they choked it . His
regard for Shakespeare did not give him courage for the addition of a comic
element ...
Notwithstanding a brave prologue , he was not able to shake himself free from
the rules , which tightened their grip on English tragedy till they choked it . His
regard for Shakespeare did not give him courage for the addition of a comic
element ...
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In 1694 he had published Some Reflections on Mr . Rymer ' s Short View of
Tragedy and an Attempt at a Vindication of Shakespeare . Therein he had
spoken of “ noble irregularity , ” and censured the “ graver pedants ” of the age .
By 1710 he ...
In 1694 he had published Some Reflections on Mr . Rymer ' s Short View of
Tragedy and an Attempt at a Vindication of Shakespeare . Therein he had
spoken of “ noble irregularity , ” and censured the “ graver pedants ” of the age .
By 1710 he ...
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In the Dedication to the letters On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare we
read that Aristotle , “ who may be calid the Legislator of Parnassus , wrote the
laws of tragedy so exactly and so truly in reason and nature that succeeding
criticks ...
In the Dedication to the letters On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare we
read that Aristotle , “ who may be calid the Legislator of Parnassus , wrote the
laws of tragedy so exactly and so truly in reason and nature that succeeding
criticks ...
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| Título | Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare |
| Editor | David Nichol Smith |
| Editor | J. MacLehose and Sons, 1903 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 17 Oct. 2008 |
| Largo | 358 páginas |
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