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Page 190
... popular was The Belle's Stratagem , 1782 . Under the name of Anna Matilda she corresponded in verse with Robert Merry , who styled himself Della Crusca , and their joint poems , published in 1788 , enjoyed con- siderable popularity ...
... popular was The Belle's Stratagem , 1782 . Under the name of Anna Matilda she corresponded in verse with Robert Merry , who styled himself Della Crusca , and their joint poems , published in 1788 , enjoyed con- siderable popularity ...
Page 233
... popular contribution to realism . In a majority of his plays , as in Dear Brutus , 1917 , and Peter Pan , 1904 , whimsy mingles with realism . Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest , 1895 , brought to comedy writing a rare and ...
... popular contribution to realism . In a majority of his plays , as in Dear Brutus , 1917 , and Peter Pan , 1904 , whimsy mingles with realism . Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest , 1895 , brought to comedy writing a rare and ...
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... popular styles , but remained most attached to the romantic fairy - tale . Drama , Rumanian , since the First World War . The present day dramatic literature in Rumania is best represented by Camil Petrescu with his social and ...
... popular styles , but remained most attached to the romantic fairy - tale . Drama , Rumanian , since the First World War . The present day dramatic literature in Rumania is best represented by Camil Petrescu with his social and ...
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