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... Classical Drama . sentative of the school of dramatists that still kept closely to classical models , in contra- distinction to the " romantic school , " repre- sented by Shakespeare , Beaumont and Fletcher , and Massinger . The ...
... Classical Drama . sentative of the school of dramatists that still kept closely to classical models , in contra- distinction to the " romantic school , " repre- sented by Shakespeare , Beaumont and Fletcher , and Massinger . The ...
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... classical , as either following rigorously the literature of classical times or as writing accord- ing to clearly - laid - down rules of composition , but in the sense in which we call Homer , Eschylus , and Dante among the poets ...
... classical , as either following rigorously the literature of classical times or as writing accord- ing to clearly - laid - down rules of composition , but in the sense in which we call Homer , Eschylus , and Dante among the poets ...
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... classical " school , not because they consciously imitated classical models , but be- cause they had found out that there were certain rules which governed good writing , and to these they closely adhered . A poem was not valuable in ...
... classical " school , not because they consciously imitated classical models , but be- cause they had found out that there were certain rules which governed good writing , and to these they closely adhered . A poem was not valuable in ...
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