Imperfect Apprehensions: Essays in English Literature in Honour of G.A. WilkesGeoffrey Little Challis Press, 1996 - 284 pages |
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Page 76
... moral comedy , the tradition it has emphasized ever since . It is not often recognised that the role of Volpone as a figure of Avarice is in fact among the oldest and most powerful on the English stage before the time of Marlowe ...
... moral comedy , the tradition it has emphasized ever since . It is not often recognised that the role of Volpone as a figure of Avarice is in fact among the oldest and most powerful on the English stage before the time of Marlowe ...
Page 239
... moral contrast of Silas's character with Godfrey's . These contrasts are patent , especially the social and I need not dwell on that . But the Silas / Godfrey contrast is central to the tale . It is developed by two momentous scenes ...
... moral contrast of Silas's character with Godfrey's . These contrasts are patent , especially the social and I need not dwell on that . But the Silas / Godfrey contrast is central to the tale . It is developed by two momentous scenes ...
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... morally intrusive narrator , its work well and truly done . What moral editing there is in this final scene is transferred from the omniscient narrator to the village pundits - as they reinforce the notion of Silas's being blessed ...
... morally intrusive narrator , its work well and truly done . What moral editing there is in this final scene is transferred from the omniscient narrator to the village pundits - as they reinforce the notion of Silas's being blessed ...
Contents
Acknowledgements iii | 11 |
Narcissus Called to Account | 18 |
Old Age | 44 |
Copyright | |
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