A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... handling the new rhyming measures . In these respects , and in these alone , do they count among the processes which made Chaucer's work possible . 6 One of the earliest of these religious writings is the Bestiary ( circa 1200 ) , an ...
... handling the new rhyming measures . In these respects , and in these alone , do they count among the processes which made Chaucer's work possible . 6 One of the earliest of these religious writings is the Bestiary ( circa 1200 ) , an ...
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... handled , have their attraction , for they have had the good fortune to beget much great work of a later day . Were it only on the question of origins ' —not always an enthralling question but here more enthralling than usual - the ...
... handled , have their attraction , for they have had the good fortune to beget much great work of a later day . Were it only on the question of origins ' —not always an enthralling question but here more enthralling than usual - the ...
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... handled in English . Malory , too , was the first English author to tell greatly the 1Cf . Schofield , English Literature from the Norman Conquest to Chaucer , pp . 201-14 . legend of the Holy Grail , though this , like 24 HISTORY OF ...
... handled in English . Malory , too , was the first English author to tell greatly the 1Cf . Schofield , English Literature from the Norman Conquest to Chaucer , pp . 201-14 . legend of the Holy Grail , though this , like 24 HISTORY OF ...
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... handled with somewhat of that licence which is later to become one of the most precious qualities of English poetry . There fall also for consideration here a remarkable group of poems which , with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , are ...
... handled with somewhat of that licence which is later to become one of the most precious qualities of English poetry . There fall also for consideration here a remarkable group of poems which , with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , are ...
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... handling by Langland : Chaucer , however , partly through training and environment , partly from a sure poetic instinct , rejected this form in favour of measures which disregarded alliteration and ensued rhyme and a comparatively ...
... handling by Langland : Chaucer , however , partly through training and environment , partly from a sure poetic instinct , rejected this form in favour of measures which disregarded alliteration and ensued rhyme and a comparatively ...
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