Language in Wycherley's Plays: Seventeenth-century Language Theory and DramaUniversity of Alabama Press, 1984 - 151 pagina's |
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... Dapperwit's lines alone the brilliance of the later plays and singles out for praise this promising exchange between Dapperwit and Martha , when , just as they are about to elope , Dapperwit pauses to complete a similitude : 19 Martha ...
... Dapperwit's lines alone the brilliance of the later plays and singles out for praise this promising exchange between Dapperwit and Martha , when , just as they are about to elope , Dapperwit pauses to complete a similitude : 19 Martha ...
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... Dapperwit's wit is best seen in his repartee with Lydia , where he anatomizes his each response in an aside ; in the end , he must admit defeat after a vain struggle to extend his clichéd conceit on the light of her countenance : “ I ...
... Dapperwit's wit is best seen in his repartee with Lydia , where he anatomizes his each response in an aside ; in the end , he must admit defeat after a vain struggle to extend his clichéd conceit on the light of her countenance : “ I ...
Pagina 43
... Dapperwit's highly visible wit is not just foolish ; according to all definitions in Love in a Wood , wit is malicious . In his taxonomy of wits , Dapperwit admits that “ all Wits rail ” ( II , i , 251 ) , and concludes that the true ...
... Dapperwit's highly visible wit is not just foolish ; according to all definitions in Love in a Wood , wit is malicious . In his taxonomy of wits , Dapperwit admits that “ all Wits rail ” ( II , i , 251 ) , and concludes that the true ...
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