A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... remaining English poetry of their period . Prosody . The steps by which rhyme and the new metre established them- selves in English and ousted the Old English alliterative verse , have been outlined earlier in this volume . It has been ...
... remaining English poetry of their period . Prosody . The steps by which rhyme and the new metre established them- selves in English and ousted the Old English alliterative verse , have been outlined earlier in this volume . It has been ...
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... remaining romances dealing with Gawain are Golagros and Gawain , The Wedding of Gawain , The Jest of Sir Gawain , and The Avowing of King Arthur , Sir Gawain , Sir Kay , and Sir Baldwin of Britain . Gawain's son , Guinglain , is the ...
... remaining romances dealing with Gawain are Golagros and Gawain , The Wedding of Gawain , The Jest of Sir Gawain , and The Avowing of King Arthur , Sir Gawain , Sir Kay , and Sir Baldwin of Britain . Gawain's son , Guinglain , is the ...
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... remaining shorter poems : The Complaint of Mars , A Complaint to his Lady , The Former Age , A Ballad of Good Counsel , the Envois to Scogan and to Bukton , Lack of Steadfastness , and the Complaint to his Empty Purse . For an account ...
... remaining shorter poems : The Complaint of Mars , A Complaint to his Lady , The Former Age , A Ballad of Good Counsel , the Envois to Scogan and to Bukton , Lack of Steadfastness , and the Complaint to his Empty Purse . For an account ...
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... remaining tales are of various kinds and origin , and the collection is a huge epitome of mediaeval life , learning , and legend . 6 Apart from Chaucer's narrative power , his emotional range , Chaucer's here and elsewhere , is wide and ...
... remaining tales are of various kinds and origin , and the collection is a huge epitome of mediaeval life , learning , and legend . 6 Apart from Chaucer's narrative power , his emotional range , Chaucer's here and elsewhere , is wide and ...
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... remaining ones . In the opinion of excellent judges , however , the case for the quintuple authorship has not been satisfactorily made out ; and although on the other hand the authorship of Langland has not been conclusively established ...
... remaining ones . In the opinion of excellent judges , however , the case for the quintuple authorship has not been satisfactorily made out ; and although on the other hand the authorship of Langland has not been conclusively established ...
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