A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
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... important historical effect of the Danish occupation of England was the Scandinavian impact upon the English language , which has been , after that of the Latin - Romance languages , the most important influence upon English . An ...
... important historical effect of the Danish occupation of England was the Scandinavian impact upon the English language , which has been , after that of the Latin - Romance languages , the most important influence upon English . An ...
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... important in- fluences bearing upon the literature that has survived from the age , the literature in the vernacular necessarily occupied a secondary position during most of the Middle English period . Nevertheless , one must never ...
... important in- fluences bearing upon the literature that has survived from the age , the literature in the vernacular necessarily occupied a secondary position during most of the Middle English period . Nevertheless , one must never ...
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... important com- pensations . His father , whose portrait he reverently drew in ' The Cotter's Saturday Night , ' was a man of intelligence , character , and independence , who softened the rigors of Scottish Presbyterianism by his ...
... important com- pensations . His father , whose portrait he reverently drew in ' The Cotter's Saturday Night , ' was a man of intelligence , character , and independence , who softened the rigors of Scottish Presbyterianism by his ...
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 |
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