Cross-currents in 17th Century English Literature: The World, the Flesh, and the Spirit, Their Actions and Reactions |
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... plays like Gorboduc , but in the passionate soul of man and its conflicts with circumstance and fate . Tamburlaine ... plays , and the number of his plays that were thus constructed seems to grow with every close investigation , or ...
... plays like Gorboduc , but in the passionate soul of man and its conflicts with circumstance and fate . Tamburlaine ... plays , and the number of his plays that were thus constructed seems to grow with every close investigation , or ...
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... PLAYS And not a spark of their eternal fire Glows in a present bosom ! • nothing good , Gallant or great : ' tis ... plays , the two Biron plays and the Tragedy of Chabot , Admiral of France . They are ethical plays , whatever we may ...
... PLAYS And not a spark of their eternal fire Glows in a present bosom ! • nothing good , Gallant or great : ' tis ... plays , the two Biron plays and the Tragedy of Chabot , Admiral of France . They are ethical plays , whatever we may ...
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... plays , which , as Carlyle says , contemplated no result beyond drawing audiences to the Globe Theatre . If one adds to the tragedies the last group of Shakespeare's plays one gets somewhat the impres- sion which the Greek dramatist ...
... plays , which , as Carlyle says , contemplated no result beyond drawing audiences to the Globe Theatre . If one adds to the tragedies the last group of Shakespeare's plays one gets somewhat the impres- sion which the Greek dramatist ...
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RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION | 1 |
Sacred Reconciliation Dante and Spenser | 29 |
COMEDY | 66 |
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