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... success ( not worldly success - though that they brought - but success in artistry ) and confidence . The verse flows smoothly . Bombast ( that sign in so sensitive a writer as Shakespeare of strain and anxiety ) has vanished . In fact ...
... success ( not worldly success - though that they brought - but success in artistry ) and confidence . The verse flows smoothly . Bombast ( that sign in so sensitive a writer as Shakespeare of strain and anxiety ) has vanished . In fact ...
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... success caused the dramatist to abandon drama — a pity , for German literature is significantly deficient in really good comedies . Like Marlowe , he was a poet - dramatist , but he had a keener sense of dramatic exigencies and fitness ...
... success caused the dramatist to abandon drama — a pity , for German literature is significantly deficient in really good comedies . Like Marlowe , he was a poet - dramatist , but he had a keener sense of dramatic exigencies and fitness ...
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... success . The originality of his work lay in his discovery that action is not necessary to ensure interest . It was thought that the lack of action in the plays would prevent their success on the stage , but it was found that they were ...
... success . The originality of his work lay in his discovery that action is not necessary to ensure interest . It was thought that the lack of action in the plays would prevent their success on the stage , but it was found that they were ...
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