Voltaire's Visit to England 1726-1729
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VOLTAIEE ON ENGLISH LIFE AND LITEKATUKE 195 Bostrum. It is for custom, the queen of the world, to change the tastes of nations, and to turn into pleasure the objects which we view with aversion.' ' Voltaire fairly enough admitted that in this matter of real human interest the French stage was behind the English. In the French theatre beautiful dia-^ logue took the place of action ; a languid monotony and formal declamation were the cold substitutes for warmth and life and passion. In his C...ommentary on Corneille Voltaire confesses that of all tragic writers Shakespeare is the one who has the fewest useless scenes, the fewest scenes of mere conversation which has no vital connection with the play itself. Shakespeare breaks all the rules, says Voltaire, but he never fails to interest. If to the elegance and noble decency of the French stage could be added a happy mixture of the vigorous action of the English and Spanish theatres, Voltaire thought that the result would be dramatic perfection : — ' Would each Nation attend a little more than they do, to the Taste and the Manners of their respective Neighbours, perhaps a general good Taste might diffuse itself through all Europe from such an Inter- course of Learning, and from that useful Exchange of Observations.
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485.
VOLTAIEE ON ENGLISH LIFE AND LITEKATUKE 195 Bostrum. It is for custom, the queen of the world, to change the tastes of nations, and to turn into pleasure the objects which we view with aversion.' ' Voltaire fairly enough admitted that in this matter of real human interest the French stage was behind the English. In the French theatre beautiful dia-^ logue took the place of action ; a languid monotony and formal declamation were the cold substitutes for warmth and life and passion. In his C...ommentary on Corneille Voltaire confesses that of all tragic writers Shakespeare is the one who has the fewest useless scenes, the fewest scenes of mere conversation which has no vital connection with the play itself. Shakespeare breaks all the rules, says Voltaire, but he never fails to interest. If to the elegance and noble decency of the French stage could be added a happy mixture of the vigorous action of the English and Spanish theatres, Voltaire thought that the result would be dramatic perfection : — ' Would each Nation attend a little more than they do, to the Taste and the Manners of their respective Neighbours, perhaps a general good Taste might diffuse itself through all Europe from such an Inter- course of Learning, and from that useful Exchange of Observations.
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