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... less able writers , or to hacks , who were looked down upon by the literary men . Fine literature was regarded as the special property of the noble mandarin class . The plays are not really as difficult to understand as may have been ...
... less able writers , or to hacks , who were looked down upon by the literary men . Fine literature was regarded as the special property of the noble mandarin class . The plays are not really as difficult to understand as may have been ...
Page 117
... less overshadowed by a mountain top . There are certain others , more outstanding , who continued after Shakespeare's time . Those we will take up later . But we can merely name for the record John Lyly , George Peele , Robert Greene ...
... less overshadowed by a mountain top . There are certain others , more outstanding , who continued after Shakespeare's time . Those we will take up later . But we can merely name for the record John Lyly , George Peele , Robert Greene ...
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... " Twelfth Night , or What You Will . ” His great tragedies stand sufficient with a minimum of stage effects . He none the less made full use of the more popular stage tricks , on fitting occasion , in such 122 A Pageant of the Theatre.
... " Twelfth Night , or What You Will . ” His great tragedies stand sufficient with a minimum of stage effects . He none the less made full use of the more popular stage tricks , on fitting occasion , in such 122 A Pageant of the Theatre.
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