A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1. w/ Direct link technology (A Comedie Drama)

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1. w/ Direct link technology (A Comedie Drama)

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1. w/ Direct link technology (A Comedie Drama)

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1. w/ Direct link technology (A Comedie Drama)

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The editor felt himself in a position of somewhat special difficulty and delicacy, when it became necessary to consider the question of retaining or excluding the prefatory matter attached to the impressions of this work in 1744 and 1780. A careful and impartial perusal of that matter made it evident that the prudent course, on the whole, was to reject these prolegomena. There was no alternative but their entire preservation or their entire suppression; for any arbitrary alterations or curtailments would have been liable to objection or censure. In the first place, there was Dodsley's own preface, chiefly occupied by a sketch of the history of our stage, but based on the most imperfect information, and extremely unsatisfactory, if not misleading. Then there was, like Pelion heaped on Ossa, Isaac Reed's introduction, more elaborate and copious than Dodsley's, yet far from complete or systematic, and not improved by the presence of an appendix or sequel. Reed, of course, went over the same ground as Dodsley had already traversed with inferior ability and less ample resources at his command, and there were repetitions, as might be expected, of the same particulars.

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BN ID: 2940013053694
Publisher: New Century Books
Publication date: 08/26/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 192 KB
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