A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS POETRY OF THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD BEFORE CHAUCER • CHAPTER V CHAUCER , LANGLAND , GOWER ... LYRICS 66 CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS PROSE - PECOCK TO MALORY 74 Lack of tradition in prose - Pecock , Capgrave , Caxton ...
... LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS POETRY OF THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD BEFORE CHAUCER • CHAPTER V CHAUCER , LANGLAND , GOWER ... LYRICS 66 CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS PROSE - PECOCK TO MALORY 74 Lack of tradition in prose - Pecock , Capgrave , Caxton ...
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... lyrics . With the coming of Augustine and the conversion of the English to Christianity , new themes were opened up for the scop and the poet . We are not to suppose that the old pagan poetry ceased at once to find an audience : some of ...
... lyrics . With the coming of Augustine and the conversion of the English to Christianity , new themes were opened up for the scop and the poet . We are not to suppose that the old pagan poetry ceased at once to find an audience : some of ...
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... lyrics.1 Homilies , lives of the saints , metrical paraphrases of the Religious Bible , and such - like form a very large part of Middle English Works . literature in this respect the Norman Conquest effected little change in popular ...
... lyrics.1 Homilies , lives of the saints , metrical paraphrases of the Religious Bible , and such - like form a very large part of Middle English Works . literature in this respect the Norman Conquest effected little change in popular ...
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... yet its cadence never wearies , and its effects are subtle and various . If we consider its period , it is a greater marvel than any of Cathay . " 32 CHAPTER IV LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS POETRY OF THE MIDDLE PROSE , 1350-1400 31.
... yet its cadence never wearies , and its effects are subtle and various . If we consider its period , it is a greater marvel than any of Cathay . " 32 CHAPTER IV LYRIC AND MISCELLANEOUS POETRY OF THE MIDDLE PROSE , 1350-1400 31.
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... Lyric . and nowhere is that triumph more complete than in the lyrics of the period . Yet their interest , unlike that of certain other kinds of contemporary poetry , is very far from being merely prosodic it depends largely on their ...
... Lyric . and nowhere is that triumph more complete than in the lyrics of the period . Yet their interest , unlike that of certain other kinds of contemporary poetry , is very far from being merely prosodic it depends largely on their ...
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