The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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... satire as a legiti- mate function of the drama . The reason was that satire had largely degenerated into personal abuse . Most of the references to satire , therefore , took the form of a disclaimer of personal allusion . Important ...
... satire as a legiti- mate function of the drama . The reason was that satire had largely degenerated into personal abuse . Most of the references to satire , therefore , took the form of a disclaimer of personal allusion . Important ...
Page 274
... satire , keen and critical , Not sorting with a nuptial ceremony . An important utterance on the practice of satire is found in As You Like It , beginning with II vii 42 : Jaques . O that I were a fool ! I am ambitious for a motley coat ...
... satire , keen and critical , Not sorting with a nuptial ceremony . An important utterance on the practice of satire is found in As You Like It , beginning with II vii 42 : Jaques . O that I were a fool ! I am ambitious for a motley coat ...
Page 276
... Satire there is in Love's Labor's Lost , but good - natured satire , with no venom or bitterness in it ; and not personal satire . In this , his first play after he got to London , he ridiculed the various artificialities of written and ...
... Satire there is in Love's Labor's Lost , but good - natured satire , with no venom or bitterness in it ; and not personal satire . In this , his first play after he got to London , he ridiculed the various artificialities of written and ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
SHAKESPEARE | 243 |
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