Imperfect Apprehensions: Essays in English Literature in Honour of G.A. WilkesGeoffrey Little Challis Press, 1996 - 284 pages |
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... stage character known as the Vice as the artificer of the action , and to the witty way evil became entertaining and at the same time manageable on the English stage . Actors and audience may also have sensed in King Lear's dividing his ...
... stage character known as the Vice as the artificer of the action , and to the witty way evil became entertaining and at the same time manageable on the English stage . Actors and audience may also have sensed in King Lear's dividing his ...
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... stage presentation itself . Jonson was in effect wrenching the English stage tradition back to its origins in moral comedy , the tradition it has emphasized ever since . It is not often recognised that the role of Volpone as a figure of ...
... stage presentation itself . Jonson was in effect wrenching the English stage tradition back to its origins in moral comedy , the tradition it has emphasized ever since . It is not often recognised that the role of Volpone as a figure of ...
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... stage for four years after Volpone , despite his growing role as a writer for Court masques from 1605 onwards . This could mean that the Court and the Privy Councillors saw to it that Jonson was allowed to write only for performances ...
... stage for four years after Volpone , despite his growing role as a writer for Court masques from 1605 onwards . This could mean that the Court and the Privy Councillors saw to it that Jonson was allowed to write only for performances ...
Contents
Acknowledgements iii | 11 |
Narcissus Called to Account | 18 |
Old Age | 44 |
Copyright | |
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