Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 1485-1558 |
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... Erasmus declares : These fools , these goats , who grasp only at wickedness since wick- edness alone is native to ... Erasmus takes the opportunity not only to defend Terence from charges of immorality but also to express the salutary ...
... Erasmus declares : These fools , these goats , who grasp only at wickedness since wick- edness alone is native to ... Erasmus takes the opportunity not only to defend Terence from charges of immorality but also to express the salutary ...
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... Erasmus's final edition of the Adagia in 1533 , references to Plautus are equal in number to Horace and exceeded only by Cicero among Roman writers ( Phillips , The “ Adages ” 393-404 ) . Erasmus's interest in Plautus is further ...
... Erasmus's final edition of the Adagia in 1533 , references to Plautus are equal in number to Horace and exceeded only by Cicero among Roman writers ( Phillips , The “ Adages ” 393-404 ) . Erasmus's interest in Plautus is further ...
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... Erasmus's translations of Euripides were is indicated by Thomas Lodge in his defense of poetry in 1579. Lodge writes : " What made Erasmus labor in Euripides tragedies ? Did he endeuour by painting them out of Greeke into Latine to ...
... Erasmus's translations of Euripides were is indicated by Thomas Lodge in his defense of poetry in 1579. Lodge writes : " What made Erasmus labor in Euripides tragedies ? Did he endeuour by painting them out of Greeke into Latine to ...
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The Civic Drama | 16 |
The Morality Play before the Reformation | 37 |
Folk Drama | 48 |
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Absalom action adapted allegorical appears Aristophanes audience Bale Bale's biblical Calisto Cambridge Celestina chapter characters Christ Christopherson church civic drama classical comedy comic commentaries contemporary context court Cupar cycle death declares demonstrates dialogue didactic Donatus early Tudor edition emphasizes England English entertainment epitasis Erasmus Erasmus's Eunuchus Euripides example extant Farce father French Gammer Grimald Henry VIII Herod humanist identified indicates instruction interlude Jephthah Johan Johan John John Bale John Rastell king later Latin Lindsay Lindsay's London Mary Magdalene Mary's Medieval Melebea Meriasek morality play More's motif N-Town Nicholas Udall Oxford pattern perceived performance Philogonus Plautus plot poetry poets popular prodigal protasis Queen Reformation religious Renaissance represents Respublica Roister Doister role saints satire scene Seneca sixteenth century Skelton stage suggests Terence Terence's Terentian Thomas tion tradition tragedy translation Udall Udall's vices virtue Vives Vives's W. W. Greg Watson wife Wit's youth