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Page 101
... distinction . Not Norway , nor the peoples of Europe , cry out through Ibsen and his followers ; not those peoples , whose great masses are still peasant , full- blooded , inarticulate as in the feudal age ; but the sophisticated strata ...
... distinction . Not Norway , nor the peoples of Europe , cry out through Ibsen and his followers ; not those peoples , whose great masses are still peasant , full- blooded , inarticulate as in the feudal age ; but the sophisticated strata ...
Page 102
... distinction has not been , until lately , definitely marked . But with the growth of organization in the theatre as a business it has become yearly more ap- parent that the chaotic stuff of our dramatic world is revolving itself into ...
... distinction has not been , until lately , definitely marked . But with the growth of organization in the theatre as a business it has become yearly more ap- parent that the chaotic stuff of our dramatic world is revolving itself into ...
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... distinction , in art , is one between individualism and universalism , between naturalism and idealism . Ibsen , Oscar Wilde , Maeterlinck depict individuals , and types of a segment of society ; Shakspere and Sophocles images of all ...
... distinction , in art , is one between individualism and universalism , between naturalism and idealism . Ibsen , Oscar Wilde , Maeterlinck depict individuals , and types of a segment of society ; Shakspere and Sophocles images of all ...
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