Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... Tragedy , which he entitl'd , Christ suffering . This is mention'd to vindicate Tragedy from the small esteem , or rather infamy , which in the account of many it undergoes at this day with other common Interludes ; hap'ning through the ...
... Tragedy , which he entitl'd , Christ suffering . This is mention'd to vindicate Tragedy from the small esteem , or rather infamy , which in the account of many it undergoes at this day with other common Interludes ; hap'ning through the ...
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... Tragedy are , and wherein they consist . Next show in what ancient Tragedy was deficient ; for Exam- ple , in the narrowness of its Plots , and fewness of Persons , and try whether that be not a Fault in the Greek Poets ; and whether ...
... Tragedy are , and wherein they consist . Next show in what ancient Tragedy was deficient ; for Exam- ple , in the narrowness of its Plots , and fewness of Persons , and try whether that be not a Fault in the Greek Poets ; and whether ...
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... Tragedy , because most conducing to good Example of Life ; now Pity is not so easily rais'd for a Criminal ( as the Ancient Tragedy al- ways Represents his chief Person such ) as it is for an Innocent Man and the Suffering of Innocence ...
... Tragedy , because most conducing to good Example of Life ; now Pity is not so easily rais'd for a Criminal ( as the Ancient Tragedy al- ways Represents his chief Person such ) as it is for an Innocent Man and the Suffering of Innocence ...
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