The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan and Company, limited, 1903 |
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... EARLIER TRAGEDIES 232 CHAPTER XIV THE LATER TRAGEDIES 252 CHAPTER XV THE ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRAGEDIES 276 CHAPTER XVI THE ROMANCES 292 CHAPTER XVII THE LAST YEARS AT STRATFORD 314 INTRODUCTION TO FOURTH EDITION THE appearance ...
... EARLIER TRAGEDIES 232 CHAPTER XIV THE LATER TRAGEDIES 252 CHAPTER XV THE ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRAGEDIES 276 CHAPTER XVI THE ROMANCES 292 CHAPTER XVII THE LAST YEARS AT STRATFORD 314 INTRODUCTION TO FOURTH EDITION THE appearance ...
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... earlier time were merged in the fully developed Mys- tery or Miracle play . The trade guilds had become centres of organized enterprise in the towns , and the presentation of plays , in which popular religious and social interest was ...
... earlier time were merged in the fully developed Mys- tery or Miracle play . The trade guilds had become centres of organized enterprise in the towns , and the presentation of plays , in which popular religious and social interest was ...
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... earlier dramatic forms is uncertain ; that they were largely modelled along lines already well defined is apparently well established . No line of sharp division as regards time , theme , or manner can be drawn between the two ...
... earlier dramatic forms is uncertain ; that they were largely modelled along lines already well defined is apparently well established . No line of sharp division as regards time , theme , or manner can be drawn between the two ...
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... earlier plays had shown some skill in the development of character ; in the Morali- ties the stage was surrendered to the personifications of abstract virtues . In place of a very real Devil , revelling in grotesque humour , and an ...
... earlier plays had shown some skill in the development of character ; in the Morali- ties the stage was surrendered to the personifications of abstract virtues . In place of a very real Devil , revelling in grotesque humour , and an ...
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... earlier plays had been in the hands of amateurs ; men who had , in many cases , considerable skill in acting , but who were members of guilds , with other and different occupa- tions . Side by side with the Mystery and Miracle plays ...
... earlier plays had been in the hands of amateurs ; men who had , in many cases , considerable skill in acting , but who were members of guilds , with other and different occupa- tions . Side by side with the Mystery and Miracle plays ...
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