The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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... prologue to Common Conditions , a play dated 1570 , begs the audience not to judge rashly , and without seeing the whole play through ; yet the author is resigned to the fact that no matter how good the play may be , there will be some ...
... prologue to Common Conditions , a play dated 1570 , begs the audience not to judge rashly , and without seeing the whole play through ; yet the author is resigned to the fact that no matter how good the play may be , there will be some ...
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... prologue , or in a tragedy the chorus , is not for the most acute spectator ; able ( and more delighted ) of himself to discern the pretension of every act presented . Return from Parnassus , Pt . 1 ( 1601 ) . Prol .: Prologue . Gentle ...
... prologue , or in a tragedy the chorus , is not for the most acute spectator ; able ( and more delighted ) of himself to discern the pretension of every act presented . Return from Parnassus , Pt . 1 ( 1601 ) . Prol .: Prologue . Gentle ...
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David Klein. PROLOGUE , EPILOGUE , Etc. Shakespeare liked to use the word prologue in a metaphorical sense . When he refers to the prologue or the epilogue in a tech- nical sense it is apt to be in a tone of mild contempt , as useless ...
David Klein. PROLOGUE , EPILOGUE , Etc. Shakespeare liked to use the word prologue in a metaphorical sense . When he refers to the prologue or the epilogue in a tech- nical sense it is apt to be in a tone of mild contempt , as useless ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
A Variety of Demand | 172 |
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