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... plays should be superior to Shak- spere's , and Dean Milman's to both ? If these expecta- tions are disappointed , is the law of progress at fault ? I think not . Those who agree with Mrs. Oliphant in finding progress in political ...
... plays should be superior to Shak- spere's , and Dean Milman's to both ? If these expecta- tions are disappointed , is the law of progress at fault ? I think not . Those who agree with Mrs. Oliphant in finding progress in political ...
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... Plays . - The Heroic Romances . - Pastoral Poetry . The Tales of Chivalry . - Scorn of Elizabethan Drama.- Dryden's Plays . His " State of Innocence . " - Lee's Plays . - Otway's . IV . Songs of the Restoration . V. Collier's Onslaught ...
... Plays . - The Heroic Romances . - Pastoral Poetry . The Tales of Chivalry . - Scorn of Elizabethan Drama.- Dryden's Plays . His " State of Innocence . " - Lee's Plays . - Otway's . IV . Songs of the Restoration . V. Collier's Onslaught ...
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... Defoe's Novels : " Robinson Crusoe ; " “ Col- onel Jack . " - Grimmelshausen's " Simplicissimus . " - Richardson's " Pamela . " - Marivaux's " Marianne . " . 282 CHAPTER VIII . I. Parodies of the Heroic Plays : xii Contents .
... Defoe's Novels : " Robinson Crusoe ; " “ Col- onel Jack . " - Grimmelshausen's " Simplicissimus . " - Richardson's " Pamela . " - Marivaux's " Marianne . " . 282 CHAPTER VIII . I. Parodies of the Heroic Plays : xii Contents .
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Thomas Sergeant Perry. CHAPTER VIII . I. Parodies of the Heroic Plays : Fielding's " Tom Thumb " and Carey's " Chrononhotonthologos . ” — Lillo's “ George Barnwell . ” — Its Influence in France : Diderot . - Lessing . - The Growth of ...
Thomas Sergeant Perry. CHAPTER VIII . I. Parodies of the Heroic Plays : Fielding's " Tom Thumb " and Carey's " Chrononhotonthologos . ” — Lillo's “ George Barnwell . ” — Its Influence in France : Diderot . - Lessing . - The Growth of ...
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... plays were written which interested us , our feelings would be enlisted in behalf of any older dramatist who seemed to support our theory of how plays should be written , and against those who did not . At English Literature . 3.
... plays were written which interested us , our feelings would be enlisted in behalf of any older dramatist who seemed to support our theory of how plays should be written , and against those who did not . At English Literature . 3.
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