Dictionary Of World Literature - Criticism, Forms, TechniqueThe dictionary of world literature: criticism-forms-technique presents a consideration of critics and criticism, of literary schools, movements, forms, and techniques-including drama and the theatre-in eastern and western lands from the earliest times; of literary and critical terms and ideas; with other material that may provide background of understanding to all who, as creator, critic, or receptor, approach a literary or theatrical work. |
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Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism, Forms, Technique Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 1943 |
Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism, Forms, Technique, Volume 10 Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 1953 |
Dictionary of World Literature: Criticism, Forms, Technique, Volume 10 Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 1953 |
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actors Æschylus æsthetic ancient Aristophanes Aristotle Aristotle’s artistic audience ballad Baroque beauty cæsura called character Cicero classical comedy comic commedia dell’arte concept conventional Crit dactylic hexameter dance developed dialogue distinction drama Dryden early Ecphonesis elements emotion emphasis epic essay expression fiction free verse genre Greek Hist Homer Horace human I. A. Richards idea ideal imagination imitation influence interpretation language later literary criticism literature lyric man’s meaning medieval meter modern Molière moral movement nature novel original pattern period Periphrasis Petrarch philosophical Plato Plautus play poem poet poetic poetry popular present principles Procatalepsis produced Pros prose psychological Quintilian Renaissance rhetoric rhyme rhythm romantic Romanticism satire sense Shakespeare social song speech stage stanza story stress style syllables T. S. Eliot taste term theatre theory thought tradition tragedy trochee usually verse word writers