A Literary History of England: The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660-1789, by George SherburnAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 - 1673 pages |
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... story which is a masterpiece because of its gripping and basic character . We need not agree with Christian's theological tech- nicalities ; but we must share the acute agony expressed in his first lamentable . cry in his search for ...
... story which is a masterpiece because of its gripping and basic character . We need not agree with Christian's theological tech- nicalities ; but we must share the acute agony expressed in his first lamentable . cry in his search for ...
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... Story or " Novel " Sherman . This event encouraged Bunyan to do his own continuing , and indeed it is clear from the early conversations of Christian with Mr. Worldly Wiseman , and with Charity that something had to be done for ...
... Story or " Novel " Sherman . This event encouraged Bunyan to do his own continuing , and indeed it is clear from the early conversations of Christian with Mr. Worldly Wiseman , and with Charity that something had to be done for ...
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... story begins are his desire to appear as a gentleman rather than a mere farmer and his lack of courage for the struggle of life : he is a fatalist of sorts - as Fielding makes evident in a crucial passage from Claudian which he did not ...
... story begins are his desire to appear as a gentleman rather than a mere farmer and his lack of courage for the struggle of life : he is a fatalist of sorts - as Fielding makes evident in a crucial passage from Claudian which he did not ...
Contents
List of Abbreviations | 696 |
Literary Criticism of the Restoration | 710 |
III The Poetry of Dryden | 722 |
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