A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 80
Page 70
... famous of Arthurian knights , is of doubtful origins , but he owes his development to the French . He is first mentioned by Chrétien de Troyes , and the greatest influence in the perpetuation of his legend was the thirteenth - century ...
... famous of Arthurian knights , is of doubtful origins , but he owes his development to the French . He is first mentioned by Chrétien de Troyes , and the greatest influence in the perpetuation of his legend was the thirteenth - century ...
Page 293
... famous . ' Still to be neat , still to be dressed ' is in Epicoene ; ' Oh , that joy so soon should waste , ' in Cynthia's Revels ; " The owl is abroad , the bat , and the toad , ' in The Masque of Queens ; " Though I am young and ...
... famous . ' Still to be neat , still to be dressed ' is in Epicoene ; ' Oh , that joy so soon should waste , ' in Cynthia's Revels ; " The owl is abroad , the bat , and the toad , ' in The Masque of Queens ; " Though I am young and ...
Page 599
... famous authors were Yeats , Moore , ' A.E. , ' Synge , Lady Gregory , Padraic Colum , Douglas Hyde , St. John Ervine , Lennox Robinson , T. C. Murray , William Boyle , and Lord Dunsany . Their offerings also included medieval mys- tery ...
... famous authors were Yeats , Moore , ' A.E. , ' Synge , Lady Gregory , Padraic Colum , Douglas Hyde , St. John Ervine , Lennox Robinson , T. C. Murray , William Boyle , and Lord Dunsany . Their offerings also included medieval mys- tery ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 1 The Temper of the Middle Ages | 3 |
The AngloSaxons | 5 |
Some Fundamental Facts Relating to Old English Literature | 8 |
Copyright | |
169 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anglo-Saxon appeared Arthur ballads beauty Beowulf Cambridge Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer Christian chronicle Church classical comedy contemporary critical Cynewulf death drama dramatists Dryden early Elizabethan England English literature epic essays Exeter Book fabliau fact famous fiction French Gawain genius George Greek Henry hero heroic human humor ideal imagination important influence John Johnson King later Latin legend literary living London lyric Marie de France matter medieval Middle Ages Middle English Milton mind miracle plays modern moral narrative nature novel Old English original Oxford Pearl Poet perhaps period philosophy Piers Plowman plays poem poet poetic poetry political Pope popular prose published Queen reader religion religious Renaissance Richard romance satire scholar sentimental Shakespeare social song sonnet Spenser spirit story style tale taste theme Thomas thought tion tradition tragedy translation Troilus Troilus and Criseyde verse Victorian William Wordsworth writers written wrote