The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volume 1William Rose Benét |
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... drama . " dramatic unities . See under UNITIES . dramatis personae . The characters of a drama , novel , or ( by extension ) , of an actual transaction . Often abbreviated to dram . pers . Dramatis Personae is the title of a collection ...
... drama . " dramatic unities . See under UNITIES . dramatis personae . The characters of a drama , novel , or ( by extension ) , of an actual transaction . Often abbreviated to dram . pers . Dramatis Personae is the title of a collection ...
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... drama is meant the drama of the period from the accession of Queen Elizabeth until the closing of the theaters in 1642 . Ella or Alla , King . The husband of CUN- STANCE in Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale , one of the Canterbury Tales ...
... drama is meant the drama of the period from the accession of Queen Elizabeth until the closing of the theaters in 1642 . Ella or Alla , King . The husband of CUN- STANCE in Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale , one of the Canterbury Tales ...
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... drama , are founded on Renaissance inter- pretations of passages in Aristotle's Poetics , and are hence sometimes styled the Aristote- lean unities . Their principles are that in drama there should be ( 1 ) unity of action ; ( 2 ) unity ...
... drama , are founded on Renaissance inter- pretations of passages in Aristotle's Poetics , and are hence sometimes styled the Aristote- lean unities . Their principles are that in drama there should be ( 1 ) unity of action ; ( 2 ) unity ...
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