Studies in English, Volume 23University of Texas Press, 1945 - American literature |
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Page 181
... farce is won by Opera . Sir Farcical Comic in the first form of the play thereupon sings his lament , and thus puts Nonsense to sleep , much as in Dunciad II the reading contest had been soporific . The song is one of Fielding's neatest ...
... farce is won by Opera . Sir Farcical Comic in the first form of the play thereupon sings his lament , and thus puts Nonsense to sleep , much as in Dunciad II the reading contest had been soporific . The song is one of Fielding's neatest ...
Page 275
... farce was hardly moral ; at best it was merely giddy entertainment . Fielding was following the dictates of the age when he refused to give the form any serious consideration . Although he did write a few farces , he wrote them hastily ...
... farce was hardly moral ; at best it was merely giddy entertainment . Fielding was following the dictates of the age when he refused to give the form any serious consideration . Although he did write a few farces , he wrote them hastily ...
Page 281
... Farce , in which he made his initial appearance at the Little Haymarket in 1730 , was condemned as just another farce , quite beneath the notice of serious critics . The injustice of such a criticism may be emphasized by calling ...
... Farce , in which he made his initial appearance at the Little Haymarket in 1730 , was condemned as just another farce , quite beneath the notice of serious critics . The injustice of such a criticism may be emphasized by calling ...
Contents
diting Pope by R H Griffith | 5 |
pe of the Lock edited by Edward G Fletcher | 39 |
nciad Book IV by George Sherburn | 174 |
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