Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
August Wilhelm von Schlegel Translator · English
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Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
August Wilhelm von Schlegel Translator · English
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CONTENTS. Preface of the Translator. Author's Preface. Memoir of the Life of Augustus William Schlegel. LECTURE I. Introduction—Spirit of True Criticism—Difference of Taste between the Ancients and Moderns—Classical and Romantic Poetry and Art—Division of Dramatic Literature; the Ancients, their Imitators, and the Romantic Poets. LECTURE II. Definition of the Drama—View of the Theatres of all Nations—Theatrical Effect—Importance of the Stage—Principal Species of t
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