A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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Sir Archibald Strong. PREFATORY NOTE THIS Short History of English Literature was originally intended to have been written in collaboration with Professor R. S. Wallace , M.A. , Professor of English Language and Literature in the ...
Sir Archibald Strong. PREFATORY NOTE THIS Short History of English Literature was originally intended to have been written in collaboration with Professor R. S. Wallace , M.A. , Professor of English Language and Literature in the ...
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... English poetry - Beowulf - Christian poetry - Cadmon and Cynewulf - Early English prose Bede , Alfred , Elfric . CHAPTER II EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE ( 1066-1350 ) Effect of the Norman Conquest on English literature - Anglo- Latin ...
... English poetry - Beowulf - Christian poetry - Cadmon and Cynewulf - Early English prose Bede , Alfred , Elfric . CHAPTER II EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE ( 1066-1350 ) Effect of the Norman Conquest on English literature - Anglo- Latin ...
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... English poetry . Beowulf Christian poetry and Cynewulf Early English prose It is customary to classify Old English , or , to use the more Old popular term , Anglo - Saxon , poetry under two heads , pagan English and Christian ...
... English poetry . Beowulf Christian poetry and Cynewulf Early English prose It is customary to classify Old English , or , to use the more Old popular term , Anglo - Saxon , poetry under two heads , pagan English and Christian ...
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... English in the poem . The scenes are laid in Denmark and South Sweden the tribes who play a part in the action are Danes , Geats , Swedes , and Frisians . It is clear , therefore , that , if the poem was written in England - and of that ...
... English in the poem . The scenes are laid in Denmark and South Sweden the tribes who play a part in the action are Danes , Geats , Swedes , and Frisians . It is clear , therefore , that , if the poem was written in England - and of that ...
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... English riddles are noteworthy for their intimate portrayal of natural scenery , particularly of the sea in storm and calm . The poems mentioned above , with a few others of minor Anglo- importance , make up the record of what survives ...
... English riddles are noteworthy for their intimate portrayal of natural scenery , particularly of the sea in storm and calm . The poems mentioned above , with a few others of minor Anglo- importance , make up the record of what survives ...
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