English Comedy: Its Role and Nature from Chaucer to the Present DayChatto & Windus, 1975 - 288 Seiten |
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... course , certain sets of ideas or ways of life , and the styles used for expressing them , tend to persist ( though with lessened vitality ) when the social situation that called them forth no longer prevails . These styles run ...
... course , certain sets of ideas or ways of life , and the styles used for expressing them , tend to persist ( though with lessened vitality ) when the social situation that called them forth no longer prevails . These styles run ...
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... course , than the preacher's ) ? Sir Fopling is all manner , all modishness , whereas Dorimant , Medley , Bellinda and Harriet all appear to be people of good sense , wits . Only ' appear ' , since all are in fact constantly preparing ...
... course , than the preacher's ) ? Sir Fopling is all manner , all modishness , whereas Dorimant , Medley , Bellinda and Harriet all appear to be people of good sense , wits . Only ' appear ' , since all are in fact constantly preparing ...
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... course , is done with a remarkable combina- tion of clarity and subtlety , it is mediated with precise and varied irony , with sharp intelligence ; yet , even when it is not merely con- ventionally correct but humanly right ( as in the ...
... course , is done with a remarkable combina- tion of clarity and subtlety , it is mediated with precise and varied irony , with sharp intelligence ; yet , even when it is not merely con- ventionally correct but humanly right ( as in the ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgements page | 9 |
Origin and Nature of Comedy | 17 |
Critical Terminology | 28 |
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