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... dramatic form . The great poets of the modern period of Greece are accordingly , as we have seen , the dramatic poets . The chief of these ― Ęs- chylus , Sophocles , Euripides , Aristophanes have survived : the distinguished epic poets ...
... dramatic form . The great poets of the modern period of Greece are accordingly , as we have seen , the dramatic poets . The chief of these ― Ęs- chylus , Sophocles , Euripides , Aristophanes have survived : the distinguished epic poets ...
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... dramatic forms , of the form in which this 15 tragedy is cast . Greek tragedy , as is well known , took its origin from the songs of a chorus , and the stamp of its origin re- mained for ever impressed upon it . A chorus , or band of ...
... dramatic forms , of the form in which this 15 tragedy is cast . Greek tragedy , as is well known , took its origin from the songs of a chorus , and the stamp of its origin re- mained for ever impressed upon it . A chorus , or band of ...
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... dramatic dialogue , form corresponding members , of which one member is the answer , the counter - stroke to the other ; and an indescribable sense of distinctness and depth of 5 impression is thus produced . From what has been said ...
... dramatic dialogue , form corresponding members , of which one member is the answer , the counter - stroke to the other ; and an indescribable sense of distinctness and depth of 5 impression is thus produced . From what has been said ...
Contents
Preface to First Edition of Poems 1853 | 1 |
Preface to Second Edition of Poems 1854 | 16 |
England and the Italian Question | 65 |
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