The History of World LiteratureUniversity of knowledge, 1938 - 383 Seiten |
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... character who towers over others in the play , and each of these characters is set in motion by a thirst for power of one sort or another . Tamburlaine is a barbaric king who seeks power through conquest ; Dr. Faustus has the thirst for ...
... character who towers over others in the play , and each of these characters is set in motion by a thirst for power of one sort or another . Tamburlaine is a barbaric king who seeks power through conquest ; Dr. Faustus has the thirst for ...
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... characters speak , not only beautifully , or comically , as the occasion demanded , but in their own , recog- nizable voices . In Shakespeare's second period , which lasted from 1595 to 1601 , he wrote several of his plays about English ...
... characters speak , not only beautifully , or comically , as the occasion demanded , but in their own , recog- nizable voices . In Shakespeare's second period , which lasted from 1595 to 1601 , he wrote several of his plays about English ...
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... character was the only proper subject for the novelist , that the contriving of plots was false and mechanical . The novelist should not control his events , the characters should . And every young realist who wanted a friend and ...
... character was the only proper subject for the novelist , that the contriving of plots was false and mechanical . The novelist should not control his events , the characters should . And every young realist who wanted a friend and ...
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INTRODUCTION vii | 13 |
GREEK LITERATURE | 33 |
LATIN LITERATURE | 53 |
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