A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... Latin literature - Geoffrey of Monmouth - Anglo - French literature - English literature : Religious works : Chronicles : Romances . - 10 CHAPTER III PROSE , 1350-1400 Wyclif , Trevisa , Mandeville CHAPTER IV LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS ...
... Latin literature - Geoffrey of Monmouth - Anglo - French literature - English literature : Religious works : Chronicles : Romances . - 10 CHAPTER III PROSE , 1350-1400 Wyclif , Trevisa , Mandeville CHAPTER IV LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS ...
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... Latin by Bede and attributed by him to Cadmon , bears to the opening of the metrical paraphrases of Genesis , the poems of the Junian MS . , Genesis , Exodus , Daniel , Christ and Satan , came to be regarded as Cædmon's work . This view ...
... Latin by Bede and attributed by him to Cadmon , bears to the opening of the metrical paraphrases of Genesis , the poems of the Junian MS . , Genesis , Exodus , Daniel , Christ and Satan , came to be regarded as Cædmon's work . This view ...
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... Latin ; one is by Ald- helm , Bishop of Sherborne ( died 709 ) . The Old 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 ...
... Latin ; one is by Ald- helm , Bishop of Sherborne ( died 709 ) . The Old 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 ...
Sivu 8
... Latin became the formidable rival of the vernacular as a prose medium , and remained so till the seventeenth century . The English from the first took kindly to Latin culture , and very soon after the arrival of Augustine , there sprang ...
... Latin became the formidable rival of the vernacular as a prose medium , and remained so till the seventeenth century . The English from the first took kindly to Latin culture , and very soon after the arrival of Augustine , there sprang ...
Sivu 9
... Latin , and even when he is writing independent of it , should the occasion seem to him to call for a more formal style , as in the preface to the Pastoral Care , the influence of Latin syntax is evident in his long , intricate ...
... Latin , and even when he is writing independent of it , should the occasion seem to him to call for a more formal style , as in the preface to the Pastoral Care , the influence of Latin syntax is evident in his long , intricate ...
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