Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 91
... comic exterior . What they are like we see vividly , but not why they were like that . Mrs. Delvile , on the other hand , is diagnosed but not dramatised . A serious type , unsuitable for presentation in a comic convention , she ...
... comic exterior . What they are like we see vividly , but not why they were like that . Mrs. Delvile , on the other hand , is diagnosed but not dramatised . A serious type , unsuitable for presentation in a comic convention , she ...
Page 102
... comic atmosphere . Jane Austen avoided them . She avoided jarring characters too . Two - thirds of her dramatis personae are regular comic character- parts like Mr. Collins or Mrs. Allen . And even those figures with whom she is most in ...
... comic atmosphere . Jane Austen avoided them . She avoided jarring characters too . Two - thirds of her dramatis personae are regular comic character- parts like Mr. Collins or Mrs. Allen . And even those figures with whom she is most in ...
Page 128
... comic and serious , but never artificially divided into heroes and villains , serious parts and comic relief . Nor are they types or symbols ; each is carefully individualised , all are described with the same detailed realism . On the ...
... comic and serious , but never artificially divided into heroes and villains , serious parts and comic relief . Nor are they types or symbols ; each is carefully individualised , all are described with the same detailed realism . On the ...
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