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Excerpt: ...in its perfected form, but the involutions of thought seeking for expression. We seem to witness the very workings of the mind, and to watch the passion struggling for utterance. In plays of this kind (plays that are meant to be read, not to be acted) it must be admitted that we often miss that narrative and descriptive element which in the epic is so great a charm, and, indeed, may be said to be almost essential to the perfect literary presentation of any story. This element the Greek managed to retain by the introduction of chorus and messenger; but we seem to have been unable to invent any substitute for it. That there is here a distinct loss cannot, I think, be denied. There is something harsh, abrupt, and inartistic in such a stage-direction as
| ISBN-13 | 9781443248211 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1443248215 |
| Weight | 0.98 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.67 In |
| List Price | $24.76 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 300 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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