The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... literature , to the twilight realm of Bohemia . This has been a lasting result of the Puritan revolution in England . Thus in English - speaking nations the art of the theatre has never been officially recognized by society , or the ...
... literature , to the twilight realm of Bohemia . This has been a lasting result of the Puritan revolution in England . Thus in English - speaking nations the art of the theatre has never been officially recognized by society , or the ...
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... literature ? " The dramatists are ignoring their public . They are writing to please themselves . ” This statement , which , for our purposes , I will take as applying simply to this side of the Atlantic , made by one who has been ...
... literature ? " The dramatists are ignoring their public . They are writing to please themselves . ” This statement , which , for our purposes , I will take as applying simply to this side of the Atlantic , made by one who has been ...
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... literature . In any event , it may be objected , the times of those American poets were different times from these . In those days the American public was attentive , far more than to - day , to the voice of literature for leadership ...
... literature . In any event , it may be objected , the times of those American poets were different times from these . In those days the American public was attentive , far more than to - day , to the voice of literature for leadership ...
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