A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
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... literary reputation . In this poem he pictured in all its sordidness the life of the Suffolk village of his youth , contrasting the bitter truth of reality with the weak pas- toralism that still flourished in English poetry and tainted ...
... literary reputation . In this poem he pictured in all its sordidness the life of the Suffolk village of his youth , contrasting the bitter truth of reality with the weak pas- toralism that still flourished in English poetry and tainted ...
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... literary art . And here we find ourselves concerned with questions of quality , of aesthetic significance . Our aim is to give most prominence to the most significant writers . Significant is a word that will bear defining ; it is a ...
... literary art . And here we find ourselves concerned with questions of quality , of aesthetic significance . Our aim is to give most prominence to the most significant writers . Significant is a word that will bear defining ; it is a ...
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... Literary Essays , in his Works , Boston , 1890-97 , V. I - IV . Lubbock , Percy , The Craft of Fiction , 1921 . Lucas , Frank L. , The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal , 1936 . Maclise , Daniel , A Gallery of Illustrious Literary ...
... Literary Essays , in his Works , Boston , 1890-97 , V. I - IV . Lubbock , Percy , The Craft of Fiction , 1921 . Lucas , Frank L. , The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal , 1936 . Maclise , Daniel , A Gallery of Illustrious Literary ...
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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