The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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Page 161
... quoted above , Massinger , in the prologue to The Em- peror of the East ( 1631 ) , justifies the treating of an old subject . The passage has already been quoted under the heading of Material . Cartwright . On Fletcher ( 1647 ) : Thou ...
... quoted above , Massinger , in the prologue to The Em- peror of the East ( 1631 ) , justifies the treating of an old subject . The passage has already been quoted under the heading of Material . Cartwright . On Fletcher ( 1647 ) : Thou ...
Page 168
... quoted . Here are the opening lines : Reduce all tragedy by rules of art Back to its antique theater , a cart , And make ' em henceforth keep the beaten roads Of reverend choruses and episodes ; Reform and regulate a puppet play ...
... quoted . Here are the opening lines : Reduce all tragedy by rules of art Back to its antique theater , a cart , And make ' em henceforth keep the beaten roads Of reverend choruses and episodes ; Reform and regulate a puppet play ...
Page 178
... quoted . Common Conditions ( 1570 ) . Prol .: Yet stays him on this steadfast hope : the wise his simple pain Will well accept , and that is all that he doth seek to gain . Preston . Sir Clyomon ( 1570 ) . Prol .: ... our author he is ...
... quoted . Common Conditions ( 1570 ) . Prol .: Yet stays him on this steadfast hope : the wise his simple pain Will well accept , and that is all that he doth seek to gain . Preston . Sir Clyomon ( 1570 ) . Prol .: ... our author he is ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
A Variety of Demand | 172 |
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