John Gay's The Beggar's OperaHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1988 - 143 Seiten |
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... matter . It aims at out- flanking the official moralists , making their pomposity absurd by giving similar but different moral advice under cover of giving merely practical advice . “ Every system leads to absurdity in ex- treme cases ...
... matter . It aims at out- flanking the official moralists , making their pomposity absurd by giving similar but different moral advice under cover of giving merely practical advice . “ Every system leads to absurdity in ex- treme cases ...
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... matter , give the same effect ; one sentence may seem Swift satirising Man and the next a scientist satirising scientific method , but the man is keeping himself to one purpose . Even if he is interested in the matter he may imply a ...
... matter , give the same effect ; one sentence may seem Swift satirising Man and the next a scientist satirising scientific method , but the man is keeping himself to one purpose . Even if he is interested in the matter he may imply a ...
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... matter how closely Italian operas approached tragedy , happy endings were de rigeur , and the contrived denouements ne- cessitated by this convention were particularly vulnerable to hostile criticism . At the end of Arsinoe , for ...
... matter how closely Italian operas approached tragedy , happy endings were de rigeur , and the contrived denouements ne- cessitated by this convention were particularly vulnerable to hostile criticism . At the end of Arsinoe , for ...
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Mockpastoral as the Cult | 5 |
Mercenary Fathers Possessive Daughters | 37 |
The Beggars Triumph | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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