The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism, Volume 2Harold Bloom Cover title: The New Moulton's. Contains criticism of William Shakespeare from 1592 to the turn of the twentieth century. |
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Page 652
... drama of the future . The drama , then , the most important branch of art , has , in our time , become the trivial and immoral amusement of a trivial and immoral crowd . The worst of it is , moreover , that to dramatic art , fallen as ...
... drama of the future . The drama , then , the most important branch of art , has , in our time , become the trivial and immoral amusement of a trivial and immoral crowd . The worst of it is , moreover , that to dramatic art , fallen as ...
Page 957
... drama , so also in the older drama , the courtier , Perillus - Kent - who had interceded for Cordelia and was therefore banished - comes to Leir and assures him of his love , but under no disguise , but simply as a faithful old servant ...
... drama , so also in the older drama , the courtier , Perillus - Kent - who had interceded for Cordelia and was therefore banished - comes to Leir and assures him of his love , but under no disguise , but simply as a faithful old servant ...
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... drama the supreme eminence ; and this because , at its highest , the drama includes all other forms and classes , whether considered technically or essentially . Its plot requires . as much inventive and constructive faculty as any epic ...
... drama the supreme eminence ; and this because , at its highest , the drama includes all other forms and classes , whether considered technically or essentially . Its plot requires . as much inventive and constructive faculty as any epic ...
Contents
As You Like | 780 |
Much Ado about Nothing | 786 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 795 |
Copyright | |
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