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... genres as they came to be called in the 18th century when the term literature took on its modern meaning . Thus ... genre History The 20th century Drama 143 Dramatic literature 143 General characteristics Drama as an expression of a ...
... genres as they came to be called in the 18th century when the term literature took on its modern meaning . Thus ... genre History The 20th century Drama 143 Dramatic literature 143 General characteristics Drama as an expression of a ...
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... genre . In the lyric genres , the rhythms of the individual poet - or , in the words of the 20th - century American poet Robert Lowell , " the person himself " can be heard in the prosody . In the long poem , the dramatic , narrative ...
... genre . In the lyric genres , the rhythms of the individual poet - or , in the words of the 20th - century American poet Robert Lowell , " the person himself " can be heard in the prosody . In the long poem , the dramatic , narrative ...
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... genres , they have generally re- mained silent on the epistolary genre , though it has some- times been the form of prose that outlives all others . Ever since the expression of the writer's personality became one of the implicit ...
... genres , they have generally re- mained silent on the epistolary genre , though it has some- times been the form of prose that outlives all others . Ever since the expression of the writer's personality became one of the implicit ...
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