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Page 131
... tragic Shakespearean part remains one of the romances of theatrical his- tory . The Garrick legend was founded in a single night . Audiences , weary of the pompous recitative and stately attitudinizing imposed by French tradition , were ...
... tragic Shakespearean part remains one of the romances of theatrical his- tory . The Garrick legend was founded in a single night . Audiences , weary of the pompous recitative and stately attitudinizing imposed by French tradition , were ...
Page 333
... tragic romantic dreamer is contrasted to an adven- turous vulgarian , while in the revised finale of " Portret " ( " The Portrait " ) the author stresses his conviction that evil is ineradicable in this world . In 1836 Gogol published ...
... tragic romantic dreamer is contrasted to an adven- turous vulgarian , while in the revised finale of " Portret " ( " The Portrait " ) the author stresses his conviction that evil is ineradicable in this world . In 1836 Gogol published ...
Page 650
... tragic turn , and something breaks in the order that had kept the reasonable man and the madman separated . His portraits , no longer tempered by laughter , seem to express a realization that simply being is enough , after a certain age ...
... tragic turn , and something breaks in the order that had kept the reasonable man and the madman separated . His portraits , no longer tempered by laughter , seem to express a realization that simply being is enough , after a certain age ...
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