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... Dramatic Poetry . --Tragedy .-- Eschylus . -So- phocles.- Euripides . —Corneille . —Racine.- Voltaire . - Shakspeare . - Otway . - Dryden.- Rowe . - Young LETTER XXX . Page 99 124 . 148 194 : 218 . Comedy . - Aristophanes . -Plautus ...
... Dramatic Poetry . --Tragedy .-- Eschylus . -So- phocles.- Euripides . —Corneille . —Racine.- Voltaire . - Shakspeare . - Otway . - Dryden.- Rowe . - Young LETTER XXX . Page 99 124 . 148 194 : 218 . Comedy . - Aristophanes . -Plautus ...
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... of the sub- ject in his mind , at least to a given period . He should see it as a picture or a drama before his eyes , previous to his beginning to compose . If he has this view of the subject before him , B2 NARRATION .
... of the sub- ject in his mind , at least to a given period . He should see it as a picture or a drama before his eyes , previous to his beginning to compose . If he has this view of the subject before him , B2 NARRATION .
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... dramatic complexion , and the fictitious speeches which are ascribed to their principal character , savour more of the epic than of what I conceive should be the cha-- racter of true history . If , however , such is the origin of ...
... dramatic complexion , and the fictitious speeches which are ascribed to their principal character , savour more of the epic than of what I conceive should be the cha-- racter of true history . If , however , such is the origin of ...
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... dramatic , and the vi- vacity of the scene takes off from the prolixity of the detail . Mr. Hayley's character of the writer is tolerably correct- Yet courtesy with generous valour join'd , Fair twins of 44 CHRONICLES .
... dramatic , and the vi- vacity of the scene takes off from the prolixity of the detail . Mr. Hayley's character of the writer is tolerably correct- Yet courtesy with generous valour join'd , Fair twins of 44 CHRONICLES .
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... of fancy , scarcely any rules can be established , and in this respect even Aristotle's poetics have done more harm than good , particularly in the rules which he pretends to prescribe for dramatic poetry . So 66 FICTITIOUS NARRATIVE .
... of fancy , scarcely any rules can be established , and in this respect even Aristotle's poetics have done more harm than good , particularly in the rules which he pretends to prescribe for dramatic poetry . So 66 FICTITIOUS NARRATIVE .
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