 THE English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error...  The Spectator - Strana 205úprava: - 1898Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Kenneth Knowles Ruthven - 1984 - Počet stránok 308
...expected by romantic readers (and it is this sort of poetic justice which Addison denounces as having 'no foundation in nature, in reason, or in the practice of the Ancients').21 On the other hand, poetic justice has metaphysical and religious sanctions to those who... | |
 | Jochen Barkhausen - 1983 - Počet stránok 292
...Anschaulichkeit für gegeben und plädiert, heutige Kritik an der Trivialliteratur vorwegnehmend, gegen "an equal Distribution of Rewards and Punishments, and an impartial Execution of poetical Justice" — "a ridiculous Doctrine in modern Criticism" — für eine realistische Mimesis der Wirklichkeit:... | |
 | Marvin A. Carlson - 1993 - Počet stránok 564
...Dennis and his tradition. The doctrine of poetic justice Addison considered a ridiculous idea with "no foundation in Nature, in Reason, or in the Practice of the Ancients."4' Good and evil happen to all, and if we deny the clear workings of the world and solve... | |
 | Margaret Cohen, Carolyn Dever - 2002 - Počet stránok 331
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...punishments and an impartial execution of poetical justice" (Richardson, Clarissa, 1495, citing Addison in the Spectator, no. 40). While the English think that... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 2006 - Počet stránok 414
...ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...foundation in NATURE, in REASON, or in the PRACTICE OF THE ANTIENTS. 'We find that good and evil happen alike unto ALL MEN on this side the grave: and as the... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 2006 - Počet stránok 654
...delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. Spectator, Vol. I. No. XL. 'This error they have been led into by a ridiculous...that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewardsand punishments, and an impartial execution of poetical justice. 'Who were the first that established... | |
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