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... literary school , produced but two important dramatists : Heinrich von Kleist and Franz Grillparzer . The next literary movement of any considerable significance was not to appear until about 1880 , with the advent of naturalism ...
... literary school , produced but two important dramatists : Heinrich von Kleist and Franz Grillparzer . The next literary movement of any considerable significance was not to appear until about 1880 , with the advent of naturalism ...
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... literary and aristocratic classes ; hence , it was never a truly national drama . Its ethics are lofty ; its pathos blends with resignation ; its humor is delicate ; its diction eloquent and figurative ; its poetry is fanciful and ...
... literary and aristocratic classes ; hence , it was never a truly national drama . Its ethics are lofty ; its pathos blends with resignation ; its humor is delicate ; its diction eloquent and figurative ; its poetry is fanciful and ...
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... literary plane brought a violent reaction . The 18th century saw the development of comedy upon classical models , by G. B. della Porta , and G. A. Cicognini ; the flowering of romantic comedy under those two quite opposite rivals ...
... literary plane brought a violent reaction . The 18th century saw the development of comedy upon classical models , by G. B. della Porta , and G. A. Cicognini ; the flowering of romantic comedy under those two quite opposite rivals ...
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