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Frank Louis Johnson. CHAPTER II THE PATTERN OF RESTORATION COMEDY It is necessary to distinguish between Restoration comedy , considered as an aesthetic type , and comedy written during the Restoration . The ... Pattern of Restoration Comedy.
Frank Louis Johnson. CHAPTER II THE PATTERN OF RESTORATION COMEDY It is necessary to distinguish between Restoration comedy , considered as an aesthetic type , and comedy written during the Restoration . The ... Pattern of Restoration Comedy.
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... pattern . pattern . Moreover , we shall then be in a better position to assay the contribution of the separate artists ; and what is not less valuable , we shall be protected against some of the more extreme attitudes towards ...
... pattern . pattern . Moreover , we shall then be in a better position to assay the contribution of the separate artists ; and what is not less valuable , we shall be protected against some of the more extreme attitudes towards ...
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... patterns , elastic moulds , if the phrase may be allowed , delicately inter- responsive with all the psychic forces of creation ; and those patterns in turn exercise a discreet shaping influence on the developing material of the play ...
... patterns , elastic moulds , if the phrase may be allowed , delicately inter- responsive with all the psychic forces of creation ; and those patterns in turn exercise a discreet shaping influence on the developing material of the play ...
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