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... myth , the method of Giraudoux is not , like Cocteau's , to realize old myths anew as archetypes of human experience . He appropriates the old myths , then expropriates them , using the fictional vestige to express in images of persons ...
... myth , the method of Giraudoux is not , like Cocteau's , to realize old myths anew as archetypes of human experience . He appropriates the old myths , then expropriates them , using the fictional vestige to express in images of persons ...
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... MYTH Since myths are naturally poetic the plays based on them tend to be poetic too . The early history of drama in Greece shows myth allied to verse ( with " music " and " dancing " in support ) in an inextricable unity , which ...
... MYTH Since myths are naturally poetic the plays based on them tend to be poetic too . The early history of drama in Greece shows myth allied to verse ( with " music " and " dancing " in support ) in an inextricable unity , which ...
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... myth ; in The Family Reunion and The Cocktail Party he achieves with a contemporary surface an emergent myth , with supporting features from the ancient myths of Greek drama ; in The Confidential Clerk he takes as his centre not exactly ...
... myth ; in The Family Reunion and The Cocktail Party he achieves with a contemporary surface an emergent myth , with supporting features from the ancient myths of Greek drama ; in The Confidential Clerk he takes as his centre not exactly ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CHARACTERISTIC INTER page | 29 |
IMAGES AND FEELING | 32 |
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