Syllabi of the American Society for the Extension of University TeachingAmerican Society for Extension of University Teaching., 1897 |
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... Note the comment on ' David Copperfield ' in George Gissing's ' Charles Dickens , a Critical Study , ' ( Dodd , Mead & Co. , 1897 ) , the founda- tion work of Dickens criticism . 6. Briefly characterize ' David Copperfield ' as a whole ...
... Note the comment on ' David Copperfield ' in George Gissing's ' Charles Dickens , a Critical Study , ' ( Dodd , Mead & Co. , 1897 ) , the founda- tion work of Dickens criticism . 6. Briefly characterize ' David Copperfield ' as a whole ...
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... Note in any single novel , the relative importance of plot , characters , style , and the influence of the author's personality . 4. How are the five novels to be classified with regard to realism and romanticism ? 5. Justify one or two ...
... Note in any single novel , the relative importance of plot , characters , style , and the influence of the author's personality . 4. How are the five novels to be classified with regard to realism and romanticism ? 5. Justify one or two ...
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... note . This music was entirely separated from that of the people and was cold and austere as com- pared with the spontaneous Folk Song and Dance Tune . Musical notation was somewhat systematized in the twelfth century , the notes being ...
... note . This music was entirely separated from that of the people and was cold and austere as com- pared with the spontaneous Folk Song and Dance Tune . Musical notation was somewhat systematized in the twelfth century , the notes being ...
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... note too much ; nothing is super- fluous . ( Reference : Slow Movement to the G Minor Symphony , or the Adagio in E flat to the Piano Sonata in C Minor . ) German Opera . - Opera in the Italian style had per- vaded the entire Musical ...
... note too much ; nothing is super- fluous . ( Reference : Slow Movement to the G Minor Symphony , or the Adagio in E flat to the Piano Sonata in C Minor . ) German Opera . - Opera in the Italian style had per- vaded the entire Musical ...
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... note . " Whatever we may say of Gluck's theories , his service to Opera was very great ; a man of less originality would have failed to stem the tide of popular opinion . Mozart's Operas . - The great distinction between Mozart's operas ...
... note . " Whatever we may say of Gluck's theories , his service to Opera was very great ; a man of less originality would have failed to stem the tide of popular opinion . Mozart's Operas . - The great distinction between Mozart's operas ...
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