A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... poem of pagan and Christian elements . The pagan poems , for reasons which will soon appear , have often a colouring of Christian sentiment , while the poems on biblical themes do not break so completely with the heathen narratives as ...
... poem of pagan and Christian elements . The pagan poems , for reasons which will soon appear , have often a colouring of Christian sentiment , while the poems on biblical themes do not break so completely with the heathen narratives as ...
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... poem Beowulf . Beowulf is the only poem of any length - it runs to three thousand one hundred and eighty - two lines - which has come down to us , of the early heroic poetry of the Teutons . There is no certainty about the date of its ...
... poem Beowulf . Beowulf is the only poem of any length - it runs to three thousand one hundred and eighty - two lines - which has come down to us , of the early heroic poetry of the Teutons . There is no certainty about the date of its ...
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... poem has for us is thus not a purely literary interest . Beowulf is an important historical document , recreating for us a whole society , telling us , in most authentic fashion , of life as it was lived in far - off heathen days . The ...
... poem has for us is thus not a purely literary interest . Beowulf is an important historical document , recreating for us a whole society , telling us , in most authentic fashion , of life as it was lived in far - off heathen days . The ...
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... poems , notably those on the battles of Brunan- burh ( 937 ) and Maldon ( 991 ) , quite in the heroic manner . The Battle The poem on the battle of Maldon is the finest example of of Maldon . Old English heroic poetry and one of the ...
... poems , notably those on the battles of Brunan- burh ( 937 ) and Maldon ( 991 ) , quite in the heroic manner . The Battle The poem on the battle of Maldon is the finest example of of Maldon . Old English heroic poetry and one of the ...
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... poems - with the exception of Judith , which is found in the same manuscript as Beowulf , have come down to us in ... poem , and can hardly have been earlier than 850 , two centuries later than Cadmon . Of the life of Cynewulf we know ...
... poems - with the exception of Judith , which is found in the same manuscript as Beowulf , have come down to us in ... poem , and can hardly have been earlier than 850 , two centuries later than Cadmon . Of the life of Cynewulf we know ...
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