A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 90
Sivu 2
... tale ; but it is interspersed with many subsidiary legends , historical and mythical , and with allusions to legends , which open up for us the life of Teutonic heathendom , and lift the story far above a mere recital of the deeds of a ...
... tale ; but it is interspersed with many subsidiary legends , historical and mythical , and with allusions to legends , which open up for us the life of Teutonic heathendom , and lift the story far above a mere recital of the deeds of a ...
Sivu 5
... tale of Sigmund the Volsung , on another the story of Finn , while on a third he tells how the Almighty made the earth , appointed the effulgence of the sun and moon as light for land - dwellers , and fashioned life for all kinds that ...
... tale of Sigmund the Volsung , on another the story of Finn , while on a third he tells how the Almighty made the earth , appointed the effulgence of the sun and moon as light for land - dwellers , and fashioned life for all kinds that ...
Sivu 13
... tales , and carried on , without improving , the tradition in that little thing in prose ' with which he pretended to be so pleased . The best that can be said of all these works is that they gave writers practice in adapting the new ...
... tales , and carried on , without improving , the tradition in that little thing in prose ' with which he pretended to be so pleased . The best that can be said of all these works is that they gave writers practice in adapting the new ...
Sivu 17
... tales from Celtic folk- lore , from Greek romance , the marvels of the East , stories from English tradition made ... Tale is a story of Thebes but the trappings of the story are entirely romantic , or , if 1 See W. P. Ker , Epic and ...
... tales from Celtic folk- lore , from Greek romance , the marvels of the East , stories from English tradition made ... Tale is a story of Thebes but the trappings of the story are entirely romantic , or , if 1 See W. P. Ker , Epic and ...
Sivu 20
... tale , which was doubtless Norse in origin , has its scene in north - western England and in Ireland . Told in some 1,500 three - stress lines , rhymed in couplets , it contains spirited passages - notably that in which Horn , disguised ...
... tale , which was doubtless Norse in origin , has its scene in north - western England and in Ireland . Told in some 1,500 three - stress lines , rhymed in couplets , it contains spirited passages - notably that in which Horn , disguised ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
admirable adventures allegory appears ballads beauty Beowulf blank verse century character charm Chaucer chief classical Coleridge colour comedy contains contemporary couplet criticism death delightful describes drama Dryden early Elizabethan England English literature English poetry essays evident expression exquisite famous fashion finest French Gavin Douglas Gawain genius greatest handling Henry heroic heroic couplet human humour influence inspiration interest John Johnson kind King Lady language later Latin legend less literary lyric master Matthew Arnold mediaeval metre Milton modern moral narrative Nature notable novel original passage passion perfect period play playwright poem poet poetic popular praise prose prosody published racy religious rhyming Richard II rime royal romance satire scenes Scottish sense Shakespeare shows song sonnets soul Spenser spirit stanza story style tale Tamburlaine theme things Thomas throughout tion tragedy tragic translation vivid volume William Wordsworth writing written wrote