English Comedy: Its Role and Nature from Chaucer to the Present DayChatto & Windus, 1975 - 288 pages |
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... concerned with his littleness and is critical of it . The relation of plot to character is one of contingency , not necessity , and the protagonists are often monstrous but not great ( witness the number who are governed by one ...
... concerned with his littleness and is critical of it . The relation of plot to character is one of contingency , not necessity , and the protagonists are often monstrous but not great ( witness the number who are governed by one ...
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... concerned not so much with the specific events or ideas given ( which are likely to be often ' dated ' ) as with more general analogies , and with such qualities of the work as style and structure , comprehension of human nature and its ...
... concerned not so much with the specific events or ideas given ( which are likely to be often ' dated ' ) as with more general analogies , and with such qualities of the work as style and structure , comprehension of human nature and its ...
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... concerned with flesh and blood . One reward , however , is ' ridicule without abuse , and satire free from bitterness ' ( A. Martin Freeman , Thomas Love Peacock , London 1911 , p . 209 ) . Another reward , oddly , is that it leads to ...
... concerned with flesh and blood . One reward , however , is ' ridicule without abuse , and satire free from bitterness ' ( A. Martin Freeman , Thomas Love Peacock , London 1911 , p . 209 ) . Another reward , oddly , is that it leads to ...
Contents
Acknowledgements page | 9 |
Origin and Nature of Comedy | 17 |
Critical Terminology | 28 |
Copyright | |
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