The Comedy of Evil on Shakespeare's StageConcerned with the conventionally comic representation of evil on the English Renaissance stage. |
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... Music in Shakespearean Tragedy ( London , 1963 ) . 2. Sections of music with the same underlying rhythmical pattern are called " isorhythmic periods " by modern writers . The abstract idea responsible for the pattern was based on the ...
... Music in Shakespearean Tragedy ( London , 1963 ) . 2. Sections of music with the same underlying rhythmical pattern are called " isorhythmic periods " by modern writers . The abstract idea responsible for the pattern was based on the ...
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... Music in Shakespearean Tragedy . London , 1963 . Tatlock , J. S. " Medieval Laughter . " Speculum 21 ( July 1946 ) : 289-94 . Thompson , E. N. S. The English Moral Play . New Haven , Conn . , 1910 . Tourneur , Cyril . The Revenger's ...
... Music in Shakespearean Tragedy . London , 1963 . Tatlock , J. S. " Medieval Laughter . " Speculum 21 ( July 1946 ) : 289-94 . Thompson , E. N. S. The English Moral Play . New Haven , Conn . , 1910 . Tourneur , Cyril . The Revenger's ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Demonic Humor in the Arts | 32 |
Morality and Mockery | 54 |
Copyright | |
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