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The reaction against the questionable morality of the plays and a growing sentimentalism brought about the downfall of this type of comedy near the close of the seventeenth century, and it was largely supplanted through most of the eighteenth century by SENTIMENTAL COMEDY.
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sentimental comedy sentimental comedy , a kind of comedy that achieved some popularity with respectable middle‐class audiences in the 18th century ... sentimental comedy, a kind of comedy that achieved some popularity with respectable middle‐class audiences in the 18th century. In contrast with the aristocratic cynicism...
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In England this sentimental-comedy never amounted to much, even though it had for one of its earliest practitioners Steele, who claimed that a certain play of his had been "damned for its piety." But Steele, undeniable humorist as he was, lacked the instinctive touch of the born playwright, and his humor was too...
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Yet notwithstanding this weight of authority, and the universal practice of former ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced under the name of 'sentimental comedy', in which he virtues of private life are exhibited, rather than the vices exposed;
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An essay on the nature of comedy by Irish-born dramatist Oliver Goldsmith; includes a list of related links. ... Or, in other words, which deserves the preference,--the weeping sentimental comedy so much in fashion at present, or the laughing, and even low comedy, which seems to have been last exhibited by Vanbrugh and Cibber?
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SENTIMENTAL COMEDY: Review the definition, meaning, pronunciation, explanation, synonyms, and antonyms of the term SENTIMENTAL COMEDY in the Online Dictionary. ... English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Video Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary ... HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY...
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Notting Hill is a romantic comedy. It’s about William Thacker (Hugh Grant), a bookseller who lives and works in a part of London called Notting Hill. One day his shop is visited by gorgeous Hollywood actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts).
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Sentimental comedy: A genre of 18th-century British drama, the sentimental comedy featured middle-class characters who triumphantly overcame a series of moral trials during the course of the play. Such comedy aimed at producing tears rather than laughter. ... To cite this page: ... This Article's; Table of Contents...
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Marivaux touched comedy with pathos and sentiment. Nivelle de la Chaussée, who followed Steele’s dictum that “laughter’s a distorted passion” more closely than did its author, developed sentimental comedy into comédie larmoyante.
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