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... appear again in Philaster , though in a somewhat different form : the characters are not so obviously abstract , the ... appears less contrived than in either The Faithful Shep- herdess or Cupid's Revenge . An important advance toward ...
... appear again in Philaster , though in a somewhat different form : the characters are not so obviously abstract , the ... appears less contrived than in either The Faithful Shep- herdess or Cupid's Revenge . An important advance toward ...
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... appear to exist they are not treated with the insight of Shakespeare , Webster , or Tourneur . The poetry does nothing ... appears to be and exactly what the situations demand , a means of eliciting the maxi- mum emotional response . The ...
... appear to exist they are not treated with the insight of Shakespeare , Webster , or Tourneur . The poetry does nothing ... appears to be and exactly what the situations demand , a means of eliciting the maxi- mum emotional response . The ...
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... appears as a sinister villain in his deception of Demetrius and in his plotting with bawds and panders to corrupt Celia . But when he tricks himself out like a young lover , he appears , like old Leontius in Cupid's Revenge , as a ...
... appears as a sinister villain in his deception of Demetrius and in his plotting with bawds and panders to corrupt Celia . But when he tricks himself out like a young lover , he appears , like old Leontius in Cupid's Revenge , as a ...
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