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... satire , travesty on public figures , etc. The first great comic dramatist was Aristophanes , who was the chief representative of " Old Comedy . " This form was specifically personal in its references and was characterized by a ...
... satire , travesty on public figures , etc. The first great comic dramatist was Aristophanes , who was the chief representative of " Old Comedy . " This form was specifically personal in its references and was characterized by a ...
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... satire , and in 1831 published Evenings at a Farmhouse near Dikanka , a collection of stories set in Little Russia . It foreshadowed the type of humorous description of Russian provincial life of which Gogol was to become the greatest ...
... satire , and in 1831 published Evenings at a Farmhouse near Dikanka , a collection of stories set in Little Russia . It foreshadowed the type of humorous description of Russian provincial life of which Gogol was to become the greatest ...
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... Satire . 1607 . A satire designed to poke fun at knight errantry , and London's manners . A play is being performed by a group of players for a grocer and his wife . Their interest is in Ralph , their apprentice , for whom they have ...
... Satire . 1607 . A satire designed to poke fun at knight errantry , and London's manners . A play is being performed by a group of players for a grocer and his wife . Their interest is in Ralph , their apprentice , for whom they have ...
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