Shakspere and His PredecessorsC. Scribner's sons, 1988 - 555 pages |
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... element of popular humour is present , as in the Towneley cycle , but the fun is , on the whole , less boisterous ... elements of the Towneley and Chester plays . The history of the Virgin , drawn chiefly from the Apocryphal Gospels ...
... element of popular humour is present , as in the Towneley cycle , but the fun is , on the whole , less boisterous ... elements of the Towneley and Chester plays . The history of the Virgin , drawn chiefly from the Apocryphal Gospels ...
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... elements in the feudal standard of life which tended to fashion a noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline , ' the dramatist , while recognizing these elements , and in no way undervaluing the brilliant , high- Bouled figures ...
... elements in the feudal standard of life which tended to fashion a noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline , ' the dramatist , while recognizing these elements , and in no way undervaluing the brilliant , high- Bouled figures ...
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... elements , the poetry coeval with the laying of the earth's foundations , sweeps through the lines whose majestic cadence reverberates to the roll of cataracts and hurricanoes and all- shaking thunder . The solid globe rocks to its ...
... elements , the poetry coeval with the laying of the earth's foundations , sweeps through the lines whose majestic cadence reverberates to the roll of cataracts and hurricanoes and all- shaking thunder . The solid globe rocks to its ...
Contents
THE EARLY RENAISSANCE DRAMA | 19 |
KYD LYLY and Peele | 62 |
ROBERT GREENE | 77 |
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