A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... certain departures of the twelfth , thirteenth , and fourteenth centuries . For the literary historian Middle English literature before Chaucer is excessively important , not so much for any work of outstanding merit which it has given ...
... certain departures of the twelfth , thirteenth , and fourteenth centuries . For the literary historian Middle English literature before Chaucer is excessively important , not so much for any work of outstanding merit which it has given ...
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... , by the middle of the thirteenth century , the new measures were well established , although much had yet to be done in extending and improving them . Certain of the didactic and religious poems adopt 14 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... , by the middle of the thirteenth century , the new measures were well established , although much had yet to be done in extending and improving them . Certain of the didactic and religious poems adopt 14 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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Sir Archibald Strong. them . Certain of the didactic and religious poems adopt the form of dialogue so common in all European countries through- out the Middle Ages . The Debate of the Body and Soul develops in eloquent stanzas a ...
Sir Archibald Strong. them . Certain of the didactic and religious poems adopt the form of dialogue so common in all European countries through- out the Middle Ages . The Debate of the Body and Soul develops in eloquent stanzas a ...
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... certain verse narratives . The first of these is the Brut ( circa 1205 ) of Layamon , a priest of Ernley , on the banks of the Severn . He tells us how it came to him în mind , to tell the noble deeds of England ' , and how ' he ...
... certain verse narratives . The first of these is the Brut ( circa 1205 ) of Layamon , a priest of Ernley , on the banks of the Severn . He tells us how it came to him în mind , to tell the noble deeds of England ' , and how ' he ...
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... certain alliterative poems , or fragments of poems , composed during the middle of the fourteenth century , and was developed at a length of 14,000 lines in the Scottish Buik of Alexander the Great , which may conceivably have been the ...
... certain alliterative poems , or fragments of poems , composed during the middle of the fourteenth century , and was developed at a length of 14,000 lines in the Scottish Buik of Alexander the Great , which may conceivably have been the ...
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