Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 19
... comedy in it ; ranging from the farcical humour of the clown , who brings the means of death to Cleopatra - ironically this illustrates how little the great and their misfortunes mean to the humble - to the cool satire of the scene on ...
... comedy in it ; ranging from the farcical humour of the clown , who brings the means of death to Cleopatra - ironically this illustrates how little the great and their misfortunes mean to the humble - to the cool satire of the scene on ...
Page 93
... comedy at its brightest ; Evelina's relation to Orville reveals Fanny Burney's perception at its most sensitive . Both these strains in her story are conceived well within her range . Alas , this cannot be said of its other elements ...
... comedy at its brightest ; Evelina's relation to Orville reveals Fanny Burney's perception at its most sensitive . Both these strains in her story are conceived well within her range . Alas , this cannot be said of its other elements ...
Page 192
... comedy , Mr. Forster's poetry modifies it . He is a romantic comedian . He satirises from the standard not of common sense , but of uncommon sensibility . Behind the little group of precisely drawn Jane Austen figures , and making them ...
... comedy , Mr. Forster's poetry modifies it . He is a romantic comedian . He satirises from the standard not of common sense , but of uncommon sensibility . Behind the little group of precisely drawn Jane Austen figures , and making them ...
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