The Triumph of the Philistines
Author : Henry Arthur Jones
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File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : Henry Arthur Jones
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File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 1899
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Author : Maggs Bros
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Page : 118 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 1908
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Page : 1416 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
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Author : Maggs Bros
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Page : 438 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
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Author : Maggs Bros
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Page : 500 pages
File Size : 11,5 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Amusements
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Author : St. Louis Public Library
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Page : 772 pages
File Size : 22,56 MB
Release : 1911
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Author : Henry Arthur Jones
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Page : 414 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Newell W. Sawyer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1512806560
In the two centuries between the first performance of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the outbreak of the First World War, the stage provided an accurate mirror of the changing mores of English society. "High comedy," Newell W. Sawyer writes, "views man as a social animal in the midst of his fellows, with customs, conventions, and traditions of his own devising, and prods him gently or mockingly, as he stands confounded by that which he has made." The comedy of manners became, from its prototype, a dramatic category reflecting the life, thought, and manners of upper-class society, faithful to its traditions and philosophy, and as such offers an ideal medium for such a study as Professor Sawyer has here undertaken. The result is a book that is at once entertaining and serious, a study of two centuries of the British stage,
Author : St. Louis Public Library
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Page : 668 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 1913
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Author : James Branch Cabell
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Humor
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Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a fantasy novel by American writer James Branch Cabell, which gained fame (or notoriety) shortly after its publication in 1919. It is a humorous romp through a medieval cosmos, including a send-up of Arthurian legend, and excursions to Heaven and Hell as in The Divine Comedy. Cabell's work is recognized as a landmark in the creation of the comic fantasy novel, influencing Terry Pratchett and many others. Due to its theme it became a celebrated obscenity case shortly after its publication. The eponymous hero, who considers himself a "monstrous clever fellow", embarks on a journey through ever more fantastic realms, even to hell and heaven. Everywhere he goes, he winds up seducing the local women, even the Devil's wife!