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... play , and culminating , early in the seven- teenth century , with the rough , vigorous and popular drama of Hardy ; and the other , originating with the writers of the Renaissance , and leading to the pro- duction of a number of ...
... play , and culminating , early in the seven- teenth century , with the rough , vigorous and popular drama of Hardy ; and the other , originating with the writers of the Renaissance , and leading to the pro- duction of a number of ...
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... play shows us a small group of ladies and gentlemen , in the midst of which one man- Alceste ― stands out pre - eminent for the intensity of his feelings and the honesty of his thoughts . He is in love with Célimène , a brilliant and ...
... play shows us a small group of ladies and gentlemen , in the midst of which one man- Alceste ― stands out pre - eminent for the intensity of his feelings and the honesty of his thoughts . He is in love with Célimène , a brilliant and ...
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... play is surpassed by the French one — and that is , as a play . Bérénice is still acted with success ; but Antony and Cleopatra- ? It is impossible to do justice to such a work on the stage ; it must be mutilated , rearranged , decocted ...
... play is surpassed by the French one — and that is , as a play . Bérénice is still acted with success ; but Antony and Cleopatra- ? It is impossible to do justice to such a work on the stage ; it must be mutilated , rearranged , decocted ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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