An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireHarding, 1810 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... kind of heroic puppet - show . As these pieces take their rise in the school of criticism , they return thither again , and are as good subjects for the students in that art , as a dead body to the professors in anatomy . Most minutely ...
... kind of heroic puppet - show . As these pieces take their rise in the school of criticism , they return thither again , and are as good subjects for the students in that art , as a dead body to the professors in anatomy . Most minutely ...
Pagina xii
... Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then were produced immortal works of every kind ! But when the living manners degenerated , in vain did an 2 Aristotle Aristotle and a Quintilian endeavour to restore by doctrine , xii INTRODUCTION .
... Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then were produced immortal works of every kind ! But when the living manners degenerated , in vain did an 2 Aristotle Aristotle and a Quintilian endeavour to restore by doctrine , xii INTRODUCTION .
Pagina xxii
... kind ; as the people were totally illi- terate , and the better sort alone could read even their mother tongue , their taste was formed on these compositions . As yet our stage had exhi- bited only those palpable allegories , by which ...
... kind ; as the people were totally illi- terate , and the better sort alone could read even their mother tongue , their taste was formed on these compositions . As yet our stage had exhi- bited only those palpable allegories , by which ...
Pagina 3
... kind of poetical imi- tation . The epic poem and the tragedy , says Aristotle , are purely imitations * ; but the dramatic is an imitation of the actions of men , by the means of action itself . The epic is also an imitation of the ...
... kind of poetical imi- tation . The epic poem and the tragedy , says Aristotle , are purely imitations * ; but the dramatic is an imitation of the actions of men , by the means of action itself . The epic is also an imitation of the ...
Pagina 16
... kind of exterior representation falls in- tirely short of the intention of the Drama : and indeed many plays are little more than poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical deco- rations are used rather to improve the spectacle , than to ...
... kind of exterior representation falls in- tirely short of the intention of the Drama : and indeed many plays are little more than poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical deco- rations are used rather to improve the spectacle , than to ...
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