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Page 127
... drama took a wrong turning when the demand for realism led it to abandon the ornament of verse . Verse has a specific dramatic value as anyone can see by observ- ing in himself the thrilling effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays ...
... drama took a wrong turning when the demand for realism led it to abandon the ornament of verse . Verse has a specific dramatic value as anyone can see by observ- ing in himself the thrilling effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays ...
Page 129
... drama to which I have given so much of my life will soon be dead . The minor arts , which depend on the manners and customs of the time rather than on deep - seated human necessities , come and go . The madrigal which was once a popular ...
... drama to which I have given so much of my life will soon be dead . The minor arts , which depend on the manners and customs of the time rather than on deep - seated human necessities , come and go . The madrigal which was once a popular ...
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... drama I think no one on occasion approached it more closely than Racine . But at the cost of how many a limitation ! It was a cherry stone that he carved with infinite skill . Only idolatry can refuse to see the great shortcomings in ...
... drama I think no one on occasion approached it more closely than Racine . But at the cost of how many a limitation ! It was a cherry stone that he carved with infinite skill . Only idolatry can refuse to see the great shortcomings in ...
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