A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... describes in his Germania . Of their literature at the time of the invasion we know nothing directly , but we can infer from the poems which remain that there were current among them songs and lays telling of the great deeds of the ...
... describes in his Germania . Of their literature at the time of the invasion we know nothing directly , but we can infer from the poems which remain that there were current among them songs and lays telling of the great deeds of the ...
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Sir Archibald Strong. picture of a whole civilization , of the Germania which Tacitus describes . The main interest which the poem has for us is thus not a purely literary interest . Beowulf is an important historical document ...
Sir Archibald Strong. picture of a whole civilization , of the Germania which Tacitus describes . The main interest which the poem has for us is thus not a purely literary interest . Beowulf is an important historical document ...
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... describes the lure of the weltering waves ' : a seafaring life is full of hardship , but , for all its misery , it exercises a fatal fascination . The Ruin is the descrip- tion of a wasted city . Two love poems , The Wife's Complaint ...
... describes the lure of the weltering waves ' : a seafaring life is full of hardship , but , for all its misery , it exercises a fatal fascination . The Ruin is the descrip- tion of a wasted city . Two love poems , The Wife's Complaint ...
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... describes the Passion , is the finest flower of all this religious poetry . Mention has to be made of the Riddles , ninety - five in number , once attributed to Cynewulf , but no longer regarded as his . 1 Hwæt ! we gefrunan on ...
... describes the Passion , is the finest flower of all this religious poetry . Mention has to be made of the Riddles , ninety - five in number , once attributed to Cynewulf , but no longer regarded as his . 1 Hwæt ! we gefrunan on ...
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... in them the brilliant life at the court of Champagne . He lingers gladly 1 Dixon and Grierson , The English Parnassus , pp . 710-11 . ... 6 over banquets and tournaments , and describes with fond care 18 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... in them the brilliant life at the court of Champagne . He lingers gladly 1 Dixon and Grierson , The English Parnassus , pp . 710-11 . ... 6 over banquets and tournaments , and describes with fond care 18 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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