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... play as well as the poetic play . Let us suppose it possible that someone were allowed to take down in shorthand a conference held by generals before a battle , and that he then wrote their exact remarks into play form . He might have ...
... play as well as the poetic play . Let us suppose it possible that someone were allowed to take down in shorthand a conference held by generals before a battle , and that he then wrote their exact remarks into play form . He might have ...
Page 331
... play , having put into it as accurate as possible accounts of the interesting words and deeds of an interesting man , having imitatively filled in where continuity was lacking , having omitted everything which was not conducive to the ...
... play , having put into it as accurate as possible accounts of the interesting words and deeds of an interesting man , having imitatively filled in where continuity was lacking , having omitted everything which was not conducive to the ...
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... plays before seeing these six passages , he could yet say with assurance what general sort of drama was about to follow ... play beginnings just quoted , three are prose and - three verse . And the remainders of the dramas 336 POETIC TYPES.
... plays before seeing these six passages , he could yet say with assurance what general sort of drama was about to follow ... play beginnings just quoted , three are prose and - three verse . And the remainders of the dramas 336 POETIC TYPES.
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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