Literary Essays25 essays from the Victorian and Edwardian literary critic. |
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Lytton Strachey. THE LAST ELIZABETHAN THE shrine of Poetry is a secret one ; and it is fortunate that this should be the case ; for it gives a sense of security . The cult is ... ELIZABETHAN (The New Quarterly Nov , 1907 BOOKS AND CHARACTERS)
Lytton Strachey. THE LAST ELIZABETHAN THE shrine of Poetry is a secret one ; and it is fortunate that this should be the case ; for it gives a sense of security . The cult is ... ELIZABETHAN (The New Quarterly Nov , 1907 BOOKS AND CHARACTERS)
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... Elizabethan drama . ' He liked acting , ' says Mr. Bevan , ' and was a good judge of it , and used to give apt though burlesque imitations of the popular actors , particu- larly Kean and Macready . Though his voice was harsh and his ...
... Elizabethan drama . ' He liked acting , ' says Mr. Bevan , ' and was a good judge of it , and used to give apt though burlesque imitations of the popular actors , particu- larly Kean and Macready . Though his voice was harsh and his ...
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... Elizabethan age was pre - eminently an age of action , and some of the finest of its letters were written with the object of forwarding some practical end . What would now be a business letter or a political manifesto became endowed in ...
... Elizabethan age was pre - eminently an age of action , and some of the finest of its letters were written with the object of forwarding some practical end . What would now be a business letter or a political manifesto became endowed in ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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