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Page 138
... literary art which does not come up to these standards is the drama . It has become the victim of " the many - headed Monster of the Pit " -a vulgar taste , which now universally demands farce : What dear delight to Britons Farce ...
... literary art which does not come up to these standards is the drama . It has become the victim of " the many - headed Monster of the Pit " -a vulgar taste , which now universally demands farce : What dear delight to Britons Farce ...
Page 149
... literary horizon . The text of these two editions consists of three books . In Book I , the Goddess of Dullness ( the first edition had been entitled in manuscript , " The Progress of Dulness " ) anoints Lewis Theobald as the King of ...
... literary horizon . The text of these two editions consists of three books . In Book I , the Goddess of Dullness ( the first edition had been entitled in manuscript , " The Progress of Dulness " ) anoints Lewis Theobald as the King of ...
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... Literary History , XX ( 1953 ) , 39- 76. Discusses the breakdown of the validity of the old analogies . WIMSATT , WILLIAM K. , JR . Alexander Pope : Selected Poetry and Prose . New York : Rinehart & Co. , 1951 , vii - liv . An ...
... Literary History , XX ( 1953 ) , 39- 76. Discusses the breakdown of the validity of the old analogies . WIMSATT , WILLIAM K. , JR . Alexander Pope : Selected Poetry and Prose . New York : Rinehart & Co. , 1951 , vii - liv . An ...
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