A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with the Sense of Antiquity on this ArgumentCollier, Jeremy
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A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage: Together with the Sense of Antiquity on this Argument
Collier, Jeremy
Theater -- England -- Early works to 1800; Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Early works to 1800
_A_ Character _of their_ fine Gentleman. p. 143
_Their_ fine Ladies _Accomplish'd much after the same manner_. p. 146
_The_ Young People _of_ Figure _in_ Plautus _and_ Terence, _have a
greater regard to_ Morality. Ibid.
_The Defence in the_ Preface _to the_ Mock-Astrologer, _not
sufficient_. p. 148
_The_ Christian _Religion makes a great_ difference _in the Case_. p. 149
Horace _of a Contrary Opinion to the_ Mock-Astrologer. p. 150
_The_ Mock-Astrologer's _Instances from_ Ben Johnson
_Unserviceable_. p. 151
_The Authority of_ Shakespear _against the_ Mock-Astrologer. p. 154
_His_ Maxim _founded on the difference between_ Tragedy, _and_
Comedy, _a_ Mistake. p. 155
Delight _not the Chief-End of_ Comedy. p. 157
_This Assertion prov'd against the_ Mock-Astrologer _from the
Testimonies of_ Rapin. Ibid.
_And_ Ben Johnson. p. 158
Aristotle, _and_ Quintilian, _cited to the same purpose_ p. 159, 161
_To make_ Delight _the main Business in_ Comedy, _dangerous, and
unreasonable_. p. 162
_The improper Conduct of the_ Stage _with respect to Poetry, and
Ceremony_. p. 165
_Extravagant Rants._ p. 167
_Gingles in the_ Spanish Fryar, King Arthur, _and_ Love
Triumphant. p. 169
Women _roughly treated by the_ Stage. p. 171
_Their coarse Usage of the_ Nobility. p. 173
_These Freedoms peculiar to the_ English Stage. p. 175
CHAP. V.
SECT. I.
_Remarks upon Amphytrion._ p. 177
_The_ Machines _prophane, smutty, and out of the Character_. p. 178
_The singularity of the Poet in this point._ p. 180
_Blasphemy in Absalom and Achitophel._ p. 184
_A_ Poem _upon the Fall of the_ Angels, _call'd a Fairy way of
Writing_. p. 189
_The_ Punishment _of the_ Damned ridiculed. p. 192
SECT. II.
_Remarks on the_ Comical History _of_ Don Quixot. p. 196
_The_ Poets horrible Prophaneness. p. 197
_His want of_ Modesty, _and_ Regard _to the_ Audience. p. 202
All _Imitations of Nature not proper for the_ Stage. p. 204
_The_ Poets _Talent in Raillery, and_ Dedication. p. 205
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