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CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) As a writer he is known by three principal works, all pub- lished after his death, ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563-1631). Drayton is the most vo- luminous and, to antiquarians ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) lieve" or imagine themselves to be the old heroes. To illustrate the matter simply, ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) the first plays was to make the church service more impres- sive, or to emphasize m ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) portance, while minor and comic parts of the same play were given in English. For f ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) furnish an interesting commentary on the times, add very lit- tle to our literature ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) of Noah, for instance, Noah’s shrewish wife makes fun for the audience by wrangling ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) ence insisting, like children at "Punch and Judy," upon see- ing the same things ye ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) fied by theRomance of the Rose. It did not occur to our first, un- known dramatists ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) religious business it was to make rulers uncomfortable by telling them unpleasant t ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) the weather to be such that he can always do both. Jupiter decides that he will do ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) ious comical situations are brought about by Diccon, a thiev- ing vagabond, who tel ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) "Puffe!" quod Hodge, thinking therby to have fyre without doubt; With that Gyb shut ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) I am nothinge a-colde, I stuffe my skyn so full within Of ioly good ale and olde. B ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) drama as it developed from the Miracle plays. In the fifteenth century English teac ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) moment, tragedy and comedy were presented side by side, as they are in life itself. ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) came to the city. The success of this venture was immediate, and the next thirty ye ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) a gilded sign being the only announcement of a change of scene; and this very lack ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) English country life and dramatized some of Chaucer’s sto- ries. Finally, the regul ...

CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620) ating new ones. They had a common store of material from which they derived their s ...