A History of English Literature: From the beginnings to 1700. 2d edNaouka i Izkoustvo, 1970 - English literature |
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... humour comedies of Chapman and Jonson had been produced , and within a year or two Shakespeare himself was to ... humour comedy with its realistic pictures of town life , its col- lections of odd characters or humours . of which Jaques ...
... humour comedies of Chapman and Jonson had been produced , and within a year or two Shakespeare himself was to ... humour comedy with its realistic pictures of town life , its col- lections of odd characters or humours . of which Jaques ...
Page 385
... comedies of Jonson's their special power is their organization round a plot that holds the attention in its own . right . Fundamentally Jonson still follows the portrait - gallery_me- thod of his earlier humour comedies , but in Volpone ...
... comedies of Jonson's their special power is their organization round a plot that holds the attention in its own . right . Fundamentally Jonson still follows the portrait - gallery_me- thod of his earlier humour comedies , but in Volpone ...
Page 399
... comedies , written mainly for the Paul's Boys - the children's troupes were a great attrac- tion for writers with ... humour comedies , but Middle- ton's are much less comedies of humours , i . e . of oddities cf charac- ter , than ...
... comedies , written mainly for the Paul's Boys - the children's troupes were a great attrac- tion for writers with ... humour comedies , but Middle- ton's are much less comedies of humours , i . e . of oddities cf charac- ter , than ...
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