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... comedy our concern is with the well- being of the social aggregate ; good and evil wrangle for mastery in Tragedy , decorum and good sense give battle to oddity and folly in comedy ; poetry and imagination are the sovereign powers in ...
... comedy our concern is with the well- being of the social aggregate ; good and evil wrangle for mastery in Tragedy , decorum and good sense give battle to oddity and folly in comedy ; poetry and imagination are the sovereign powers in ...
Page 152
... comedy ; and so on , till we imperceptibly enter the region of comedy : Problem- play , Romance , Sentimental ( or genteel ) comedy , Romantic comedy , High comedy , Comedy of Manners , Satirical comedy , Pure comedy , Free comedy ...
... comedy ; and so on , till we imperceptibly enter the region of comedy : Problem- play , Romance , Sentimental ( or genteel ) comedy , Romantic comedy , High comedy , Comedy of Manners , Satirical comedy , Pure comedy , Free comedy ...
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... comedy of Sheridan and Goldsmith is less brilliant than Con- greve's , but also less ' immoral ' than the general run of Restora- tion comedy . Gaiety returned , but without bringing in its equipage obscenity as well . Higher still on ...
... comedy of Sheridan and Goldsmith is less brilliant than Con- greve's , but also less ' immoral ' than the general run of Restora- tion comedy . Gaiety returned , but without bringing in its equipage obscenity as well . Higher still on ...
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THE MAKING OF LITERATURE AND THe | 3 |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 21 |
BACKGROUNDS CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN | 42 |
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