Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 42
... heroic plays is part of the tendency to seek remote times and climes as the scene of heroic action and romantic love . Whether located in ancient Troy or Athens , or in the unfamiliar environment of America , India , or Turkey , the far ...
... heroic plays is part of the tendency to seek remote times and climes as the scene of heroic action and romantic love . Whether located in ancient Troy or Athens , or in the unfamiliar environment of America , India , or Turkey , the far ...
Page 43
... heroic play is the rimed couplet , best suited to the elevated character of the heroic theme . Not Dryden , however , but Roger Boyle , first Earl of Orrery , had the honor of placing the first heroic play on the stage . The Generall ...
... heroic play is the rimed couplet , best suited to the elevated character of the heroic theme . Not Dryden , however , but Roger Boyle , first Earl of Orrery , had the honor of placing the first heroic play on the stage . The Generall ...
Page 89
... heroic , Allardyce Nicoll gives the name of " Augustan trage- dies . " ? We shall take up first the plays in which the heroic element predominates . Although none of them are written in heroic couplets , they have much of the heroic ...
... heroic , Allardyce Nicoll gives the name of " Augustan trage- dies . " ? We shall take up first the plays in which the heroic element predominates . Although none of them are written in heroic couplets , they have much of the heroic ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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