Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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To the last named period belonged Sheridan Knowles, who wrote only three novels which have been permanently successful: "The Hunchback," "The Love Chase," and "Virginius." These plays belong neither to the old comedy nor to the romantic drama, but have some of the characteristics of each. In "Hunchback," there is...
It is often objected to religion that it places on a young man many restrictions that debar him from many of the pleasures of life. Though this may be somewhat true, the privation is no more than what a young man must undergo in any training. When he is working...
After Farquaar came Goldsmith. One may well feel proud that such a play as "She Stoops to Conquer" was written in his language. The sympathy with life and the knowledge of character which it shows together with the grace of its English are irresistible.
The rest of the Monthly suffers somewhat from being too entirely devoted to literary subjects. Four of the five articles treat of the writings of different authors in their various phases. "A New England Mystic," by Carleton E. Noyes, gives some comment on the character of Jones Very, but largely...
(1). Trace the influence of Puritanism on national character.