The London Quarterly Review, Volume 15Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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Page 112
... Euripides was cer- tainly the poet of common life . He did not , like the great father of the drama , transport his audience amidst a race of demigods ,. whose thoughts and language , as well as stature , were superhuman . He did not ...
... Euripides was cer- tainly the poet of common life . He did not , like the great father of the drama , transport his audience amidst a race of demigods ,. whose thoughts and language , as well as stature , were superhuman . He did not ...
Page 113
... Euripides ; and it is deserving of consideration , whether his fre- quent failures in the dramatic contests of the Dionysia may not have been in part attributable to his deviations from that ma- jestic and decorous style , which the ...
... Euripides ; and it is deserving of consideration , whether his fre- quent failures in the dramatic contests of the Dionysia may not have been in part attributable to his deviations from that ma- jestic and decorous style , which the ...
Page 114
... Euripides , to raise a laugh at the expense of certain characters against which he seems to have had a particular animosity , and to the gross viola- tion of dramatic consistency , is the more remarkable , because all accounts concur in ...
... Euripides , to raise a laugh at the expense of certain characters against which he seems to have had a particular animosity , and to the gross viola- tion of dramatic consistency , is the more remarkable , because all accounts concur in ...
Page 115
... Euripides are persecuted by the witty , but foul - mouthed Aristophanes . It will no doubt have already occurred to our readers , that these reflections were sug- gested to us by the well - known eating and drinking scene in the play ...
... Euripides are persecuted by the witty , but foul - mouthed Aristophanes . It will no doubt have already occurred to our readers , that these reflections were sug- gested to us by the well - known eating and drinking scene in the play ...
Page 116
... Euripides is notorious , viz . the giving his audience to understand very clearly beforehand , what the catastrophe is to be . In this respect he is not to be put in competition with Sophocles . Having premised these observations upon ...
... Euripides is notorious , viz . the giving his audience to understand very clearly beforehand , what the catastrophe is to be . In this respect he is not to be put in competition with Sophocles . Having premised these observations upon ...
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