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... characters as different , dangerous , or ridiculous . As Shaw argues , ' there are not many types of character available ; and all the playwrights use them over and over again . Idiosyncrasies are useful on the stage only to give an air ...
... characters as different , dangerous , or ridiculous . As Shaw argues , ' there are not many types of character available ; and all the playwrights use them over and over again . Idiosyncrasies are useful on the stage only to give an air ...
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... character who takes the stage risks being seen as a stage Irishman . But no questions were raised about the stage Englishman . Indeed , L. P. Curtis notes ' the absence from the Irish scene of a stereotype of English character as rigid ...
... character who takes the stage risks being seen as a stage Irishman . But no questions were raised about the stage Englishman . Indeed , L. P. Curtis notes ' the absence from the Irish scene of a stereotype of English character as rigid ...
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... character ' , the Englishman's character is submerged within the require- ments of his national role . In the hilarious trial scene , Major Coffin's concern is less for himself than for the dignity of the court and his ' debt of duty ...
... character ' , the Englishman's character is submerged within the require- ments of his national role . In the hilarious trial scene , Major Coffin's concern is less for himself than for the dignity of the court and his ' debt of duty ...
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and the Politics of Empathy | 13 |
Anticolonial Metaphors | 99 |
Language and Race in Joyce and his Successors | 132 |
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