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... drama is a potent educator , particularly through its visual appeal , for things seen in action come home immediately to many whose ears are insensitive to ... DRAMA 51 the increasing emphasis on the alien dramatic 50 POPULAR LITERATURE.
... drama is a potent educator , particularly through its visual appeal , for things seen in action come home immediately to many whose ears are insensitive to ... DRAMA 51 the increasing emphasis on the alien dramatic 50 POPULAR LITERATURE.
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... drama primarily as some- thing in a book is superseded by a universal recognition of drama as something done , something to be acted on a stage in the presence of an audience , and brought into being for that pur- pose alone , a good ...
... drama primarily as some- thing in a book is superseded by a universal recognition of drama as something done , something to be acted on a stage in the presence of an audience , and brought into being for that pur- pose alone , a good ...
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... drama ( see above , pp . 48 ff . ) progressed from simple ritual ceremonies within the churches to large - scale cyclical presentations of scriptural plays by the trade guilds in public thoroughfares . These plays were genuine popular drama ...
... drama ( see above , pp . 48 ff . ) progressed from simple ritual ceremonies within the churches to large - scale cyclical presentations of scriptural plays by the trade guilds in public thoroughfares . These plays were genuine popular drama ...
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UNTIL CHAUCER I | 1 |
CHAUCER HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND | 14 |
POPULAR LITERATURE | 43 |
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