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Tag: comedy

249. (Charles Dickens)

The similarity between Molière and Dickens illuminates what is essential to the power of each: the insight into self-deception that … More

Charles Dickens, comedy, Dickens, Moliere

174. (Lord Byron)

Like many other great works of Romantic literature, Don Juan finds human caring to be a source of life and makes … More

Byron, comedy, Philosophy and Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Romanticism

90. (Andrew Marvell)

Yesterday’s post on Andrew Marvell perhaps flew too high in abstraction; the thought that literature might be classified by tolerance … More

Andrew Marvell, comedy, genre, George Eliot, pastoral, Poetry, satire, tragedy, wit
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