This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionContemporary with Galileo and ranking but little below him in influence upon the
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Molière Creates Modern Comedy – 4
Today's installment concludes Molière Creates Modern Comedy,our selection by Henri Van Laun.If you have journeyed through all of the
Molière Creates Modern Comedy – 3
Molière's company called themselves "Comédiens de Monsieur"; and after Torelli had left them full possession of the Petit Bourbon, their greatest
Molière Creates Modern Comedy – 2
We do not forget that Corneille wrote comedies before Molière; and indeed there is no doubt that the younger of the two dramatists owed something,
Molière Creates Modern Comedy
This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe seventeenth century was the period of a very remarkable literary outburst in
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Published – 3
Today's installment concludes Darwin's Theory of Evolution Published,our selection by Charles Robert Darwin.If you have journeyed through all of
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Published – 2
Early in 1856 Lyell advised me to write out my views fully and I began at once to do so on a scale three or four times as extensive as that which was
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Published
This series has three easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionWhatever may be said of the credit due to other scientists for investigation or
Building the First Theatre in England – 6
Today's installment concludes Building the First Theatre In England,our selection by Karl Mantzius.If you have journeyed through all of the