Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Books by Catholic Authors in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category : Catholic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The end of the old drama. The later Stuart drama
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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A History of English Dramatic Literature
Author: Adolphus William Ward
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN: 9788171566853
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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... The Most Exhaustive And Important In Its Field... Thus, The Judgment Of An Outstanding 19Th Century Literary Figure (See Below On Ward S Masterly History Of English Dramatic Literature). It Is A Judgment That Has Stood Up Remarkably Well In The Passing Of Almost A Century Since The Work Was First Published. Students And Scholars Alike Will Find This Famous History An Invaluable Source Book On English Literature.Ward S Lucid Survey Starts With The Origin Of The Drama In England And The Beginnings Of Regular Drama. After An Excellent Account Of Shakespeare S Predecessors There Is A Long And Astute Section On Shakespeare Himself, Including A Discussion Of The Dramatist S Early Influence On The Continent, Especially In Germany. Volume Ii Also Covers Ben Jonson And The Later Elizabethans, Concluding With The Merits And Defects Of Beaumont And Fletcher. Volume Iii Ends The Work With An Examination Of The Later Stuart Drama When Prose Had Become Permanently The Vehicle Of Dramatic Speech In English Comedy And The Decay Of Tragedy. From An Early Review By Richard Burton In The Dial : ... The Work Is Beyond All Compare The Most Exhaustive And Important ... In Its Field .... When This Monument Of Scholarly Investigation Appeared, In 1874, It Was At Once Recognized As Authoritative, And Has Held The Position Ever Since.... Dr. Ward S Survey Of The Native Drama......Stands Alone Among Scholarly Achievements By Englishmen.The Prime Merit Of The Work, Aside From Thoroughness, Good Judgment In Ample Illustration, And The Deduction Of Sound Principles Therefrom, Lies In This Giving Of Due Attention To The History Of The Stage, While At The Same Time Keeping The Student To A Realization Of The Drama S Literary Splendors ... Drama In Its Technique As Well As In Its Imaginative Triumphs ... ... Take His Admirable Monograph (Vol. I, Chap. Iv) On Shakespeare .... It Would Be Difficult, Even In The Mass Of Similar Attempts, To Indicate Another Eighty Pages Which Tell So Much So Well, And Are So Little Open To Criticism... This Critic S Independence And Originality Of Thought Appear To Advantage In His Closing Remarks On The Tailend Of The Stuart Drama.
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN: 9788171566853
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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... The Most Exhaustive And Important In Its Field... Thus, The Judgment Of An Outstanding 19Th Century Literary Figure (See Below On Ward S Masterly History Of English Dramatic Literature). It Is A Judgment That Has Stood Up Remarkably Well In The Passing Of Almost A Century Since The Work Was First Published. Students And Scholars Alike Will Find This Famous History An Invaluable Source Book On English Literature.Ward S Lucid Survey Starts With The Origin Of The Drama In England And The Beginnings Of Regular Drama. After An Excellent Account Of Shakespeare S Predecessors There Is A Long And Astute Section On Shakespeare Himself, Including A Discussion Of The Dramatist S Early Influence On The Continent, Especially In Germany. Volume Ii Also Covers Ben Jonson And The Later Elizabethans, Concluding With The Merits And Defects Of Beaumont And Fletcher. Volume Iii Ends The Work With An Examination Of The Later Stuart Drama When Prose Had Become Permanently The Vehicle Of Dramatic Speech In English Comedy And The Decay Of Tragedy. From An Early Review By Richard Burton In The Dial : ... The Work Is Beyond All Compare The Most Exhaustive And Important ... In Its Field .... When This Monument Of Scholarly Investigation Appeared, In 1874, It Was At Once Recognized As Authoritative, And Has Held The Position Ever Since.... Dr. Ward S Survey Of The Native Drama......Stands Alone Among Scholarly Achievements By Englishmen.The Prime Merit Of The Work, Aside From Thoroughness, Good Judgment In Ample Illustration, And The Deduction Of Sound Principles Therefrom, Lies In This Giving Of Due Attention To The History Of The Stage, While At The Same Time Keeping The Student To A Realization Of The Drama S Literary Splendors ... Drama In Its Technique As Well As In Its Imaginative Triumphs ... ... Take His Admirable Monograph (Vol. I, Chap. Iv) On Shakespeare .... It Would Be Difficult, Even In The Mass Of Similar Attempts, To Indicate Another Eighty Pages Which Tell So Much So Well, And Are So Little Open To Criticism... This Critic S Independence And Originality Of Thought Appear To Advantage In His Closing Remarks On The Tailend Of The Stuart Drama.
A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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The end of the old drama. Philip Massinger (1583-1640) ; Nathaniel Field (1587-1633) ; John Webster (died c1630) ; Cyril Tourneur (fl. 1603-c1613) ; John Ford (1586-c1640 or post) ; James Shirley (1596-1666) ; Minor dramatists of this period ; Dramatists who wrote both before and after the Civil War and Commonwealth periods ; Academical plays ; Masque-writers of the reigns of James I and Charles I ; Historical review of the period from Shakspere to the Civil War ; The stage under James I and Charles I ; Summary of the literary history of the drama in this period ; Summary of the achievements of our dramatic literature in this period
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne
Author: Ward
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Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Languages : en
Pages : 622
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The Cambridge History of English Literature: The age of Dryden
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Catalogue of the Ohio state library, 1875. General library
Author: William Holden (of Columbus, Ohio.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on Their Works by Samuel Johnson
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Catalogue of Books
Author: Perth (W.A.). Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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