A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... LITERATURE ( 1066-1350 ) Effect of the Norman Conquest on English literature - Anglo- Latin literature - Geoffrey of Monmouth - Anglo - French literature - English literature : Religious works : Chronicles : Romances . - 10 CHAPTER III ...
... LITERATURE ( 1066-1350 ) Effect of the Norman Conquest on English literature - Anglo- Latin literature - Geoffrey of Monmouth - Anglo - French literature - English literature : Religious works : Chronicles : Romances . - 10 CHAPTER III ...
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... 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 warriors and kings of the Teutonic world ...
... 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 warriors and kings of the Teutonic world ...
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... , which open up for us the life of Teutonic heathendom , and lift the story far above a mere recital of the deeds of a giant - killer . Beowulf is the picture of a whole civilization , of the Germania which 2 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... , which open up for us the life of Teutonic heathendom , and lift the story far above a mere recital of the deeds of a giant - killer . Beowulf is the picture of a whole civilization , of the Germania which 2 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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