John Gay's The Beggar's OperaHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1988 - 143 Seiten |
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... speech comes chiefly from the fact that the poet thinks of himself mainly as beggar , only secondarily as poet ; from this perspective he can treat the financial need characteristic of poets with saving irony . He does not appear to ...
... speech comes chiefly from the fact that the poet thinks of himself mainly as beggar , only secondarily as poet ; from this perspective he can treat the financial need characteristic of poets with saving irony . He does not appear to ...
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... speech ( " Virgins are like the fair Flower in its Lustre " ) emphasizes the commodity view of virginity ; when , later in the play , Polly comes into contact with Lucy , who has loved not wisely but too well , her sense of superiority ...
... speech ( " Virgins are like the fair Flower in its Lustre " ) emphasizes the commodity view of virginity ; when , later in the play , Polly comes into contact with Lucy , who has loved not wisely but too well , her sense of superiority ...
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... speech . Looking at the slang and the canting dictionaries that record the speech of the eighteenth - century London poor , Peter Linebaugh concludes that " the speech of the labouring class described the hanging with irreverence ...
... speech . Looking at the slang and the canting dictionaries that record the speech of the eighteenth - century London poor , Peter Linebaugh concludes that " the speech of the labouring class described the hanging with irreverence ...
Inhalt
Mockpastoral as the Cult | 5 |
Mercenary Fathers Possessive Daughters | 37 |
The Beggars Triumph | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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