Fifteen Poets: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare [and Others] ...Clarendon Press, 1941 - 503 pages Selections of the best work of the masters of English poetry from Chaucer to Arnold. Each group of selections is preceded by short essays of appreciation and summaries of the poets' lives. |
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... Italy during the years 1368-79 is rapidly reflected in his work . All these countries contributed to his knowledge ... Italy that exercised the greatest influence upon him . He came to Italy first in 1372 , and again in 1378 - that is in ...
... Italy during the years 1368-79 is rapidly reflected in his work . All these countries contributed to his knowledge ... Italy that exercised the greatest influence upon him . He came to Italy first in 1372 , and again in 1378 - that is in ...
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... Italy , where he wrote his greatest poem , Don Juan . In 1823 he was drawn into politics , into the struggle of the Greeks to win independence from Turkey . He left Italy to join the Greek Army at Missolonghi ; three months later he ...
... Italy , where he wrote his greatest poem , Don Juan . In 1823 he was drawn into politics , into the struggle of the Greeks to win independence from Turkey . He left Italy to join the Greek Army at Missolonghi ; three months later he ...
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... Italy . Eneydos . The ¯neid of Virgil . Enna . Enna in Sicily , where Per- sephone was gathering flowers when she was carried off by Dis . Ensham . Eynsham ( locally pro- nounced Ensham ) , a small town on the Thames above Oxford . Erin ...
... Italy . Eneydos . The ¯neid of Virgil . Enna . Enna in Sicily , where Per- sephone was gathering flowers when she was carried off by Dis . Ensham . Eynsham ( locally pro- nounced Ensham ) , a small town on the Thames above Oxford . Erin ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER By H S BENNETT | 8 |
The Dream | 33 |
The Fight of the Red Cross Knight and the Heathen | 54 |
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