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Page vii
... tragedy and comedy , placing definite limits on the form and material of both . They dictate that tragedy must employ subject matter drawn from antiquity , classical or Biblical , and that the unities of time , place , and action must ...
... tragedy and comedy , placing definite limits on the form and material of both . They dictate that tragedy must employ subject matter drawn from antiquity , classical or Biblical , and that the unities of time , place , and action must ...
Page viii
... tragedy begins to die of a lingering illness , with many complications , which lasts for more than a century . Racine's immediate successors , Campistron , Lagrange - Chancel , Longpierre , and others , lacking the genius and artistry ...
... tragedy begins to die of a lingering illness , with many complications , which lasts for more than a century . Racine's immediate successors , Campistron , Lagrange - Chancel , Longpierre , and others , lacking the genius and artistry ...
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Clarence Dietz Brenner, Nolan A. Goodyear. the rejuvenation of French tragedy . At the same time he was undoubtedly in- fluenced by the trend of French opera and comedy towards the spectacular and of tragedy towards the romanesque ...
Clarence Dietz Brenner, Nolan A. Goodyear. the rejuvenation of French tragedy . At the same time he was undoubtedly in- fluenced by the trend of French opera and comedy towards the spectacular and of tragedy towards the romanesque ...
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... tragedy too , such as Lemierre in his Guillaume Tell ( 1766 ) and la Veuve du Malabar ( 1770 ) , and Leblanc de Guillet in his les Druides ( 1772 ) presented a disguised form of propaganda . The strict censorship made it necessary to ...
... tragedy too , such as Lemierre in his Guillaume Tell ( 1766 ) and la Veuve du Malabar ( 1770 ) , and Leblanc de Guillet in his les Druides ( 1772 ) presented a disguised form of propaganda . The strict censorship made it necessary to ...
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... tragedy at the end of the century . It may be said of French tragedy that the classical conception hung over it like a pall throughout the eighteenth century . From the great works of Corneille and Racine were deduced a set of fixed ...
... tragedy at the end of the century . It may be said of French tragedy that the classical conception hung over it like a pall throughout the eighteenth century . From the great works of Corneille and Racine were deduced a set of fixed ...
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