CR. The Centennial Review, Volume 26Michigan State University, College of Arts & Letters, 1982 - Literature |
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... drama - it was one more comic device , and we have seen that comedy is " poetic " in any case . In the 20th century , how- ever , these deliberate assaults on our customary perceptions can be found in the most serious drama , where , at ...
... drama - it was one more comic device , and we have seen that comedy is " poetic " in any case . In the 20th century , how- ever , these deliberate assaults on our customary perceptions can be found in the most serious drama , where , at ...
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... drama in our time , from extremely " photographic " through mildly poetic , then on to highly imaginative , and finally to a strangeness bordering on delirium . And here a momentous question can be asked : can there be a theatre of ...
... drama in our time , from extremely " photographic " through mildly poetic , then on to highly imaginative , and finally to a strangeness bordering on delirium . And here a momentous question can be asked : can there be a theatre of ...
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... drama . The novel accomplished this drastic increment of " factual data " well ahead of the theatre , but before the century was over , an equally prosaic facsimile drama had established itself ; drama which was often so powerful that I ...
... drama . The novel accomplished this drastic increment of " factual data " well ahead of the theatre , but before the century was over , an equally prosaic facsimile drama had established itself ; drama which was often so powerful that I ...
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