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To fuse this realism of the characters with the essential unreality of pure comedy was a wellnigh impossible achievement , but Congreve came as near to reconciling these opposing factors as was humanly possible .
To fuse this realism of the characters with the essential unreality of pure comedy was a wellnigh impossible achievement , but Congreve came as near to reconciling these opposing factors as was humanly possible .
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F. S. McCamic [ Tinker ] Sir George Etherege , A Study in Restoration Comedy ( 1660-1680 ) ( Cedar Rapids , Iowa : Torch Press , 1931 ) , p . 55 This is . .. what constitutes the salient features of Etherege's comic writing : witty ...
F. S. McCamic [ Tinker ] Sir George Etherege , A Study in Restoration Comedy ( 1660-1680 ) ( Cedar Rapids , Iowa : Torch Press , 1931 ) , p . 55 This is . .. what constitutes the salient features of Etherege's comic writing : witty ...
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Vanbrugh accepted the convention of Restoration comedy , but leavened it with an element of feeling and the harmless pleasure of an old dog playing with hell - fire . His gallants are no longer of a world whose moral values are ...
Vanbrugh accepted the convention of Restoration comedy , but leavened it with an element of feeling and the harmless pleasure of an old dog playing with hell - fire . His gallants are no longer of a world whose moral values are ...
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