Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama"A critical inquiry into the condition of the English drama" -- Preface. |
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... reigns of Elizabeth , James I. , and Charles I. With this object in view I composed a series of essays , embracing the chief points in that history , and discussing the leading playwrights from the period of the Miracles down to that of ...
... reigns of Elizabeth , James I. , and Charles I. With this object in view I composed a series of essays , embracing the chief points in that history , and discussing the leading playwrights from the period of the Miracles down to that of ...
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... Reign of Charles I. - Dramatists of the Restoration- Rise of the Novel - Place of Novelists in the Victorian Age . CHAPTER II THE NATION AND THE DRAMA I. The Function of a Great Drama - To be both National and Uni- versal - How that of ...
... Reign of Charles I. - Dramatists of the Restoration- Rise of the Novel - Place of Novelists in the Victorian Age . CHAPTER II THE NATION AND THE DRAMA I. The Function of a Great Drama - To be both National and Uni- versal - How that of ...
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... Reign of James I. - Specific Character of the English Masque - The Share of Poetry in its Success.- VII . Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones - Italian and English Artists The Cost of Masques - VIII . Prose Descriptions of Masques - Jonson's ...
... Reign of James I. - Specific Character of the English Masque - The Share of Poetry in its Success.- VII . Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones - Italian and English Artists The Cost of Masques - VIII . Prose Descriptions of Masques - Jonson's ...
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... Reign of King John'- True Tragedy of Richard III .'- ' Famous Victories of Henry V .'- Contention of the Two Famous Houses .'- VI . Edward III .'- The Problem of its Author- ship - Based on a Novella and on History - The Superior ...
... Reign of King John'- True Tragedy of Richard III .'- ' Famous Victories of Henry V .'- Contention of the Two Famous Houses .'- VI . Edward III .'- The Problem of its Author- ship - Based on a Novella and on History - The Superior ...
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... Reign of Charles I. - Dramatists of the Restoration -Rise of the Novel - Place of Novelists in the Victorian Age . I IN attempting a survey of one of the great periods of literary history , the critic is met with a problem , upon his ...
... Reign of Charles I. - Dramatists of the Restoration -Rise of the Novel - Place of Novelists in the Victorian Age . I IN attempting a survey of one of the great periods of literary history , the critic is met with a problem , upon his ...
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