A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... especially in the west , had been far slower than in the rest of the country . It is plain , even if vocabulary and grammar be left out of account , that these districts remained attached to the forms of the past . They kept their taste ...
... especially in the west , had been far slower than in the rest of the country . It is plain , even if vocabulary and grammar be left out of account , that these districts remained attached to the forms of the past . They kept their taste ...
Page 271
... especially Colin Clout , about whom they centre , in whom the poet paints himself , and who returns at regular intervals to utter his amorous sighs . The principles of unity and of variety are skilfully blended , the rude eclogues alter ...
... especially Colin Clout , about whom they centre , in whom the poet paints himself , and who returns at regular intervals to utter his amorous sighs . The principles of unity and of variety are skilfully blended , the rude eclogues alter ...
Page 510
... especially more than Ford , he has the adapt- ability necessary to success in these opposite fields . His best two tragedies are The Traitor ( 1631 ) and The Cardinal ( 1641 ) . The Traitor is based on the famous story of Lorenzo de ...
... especially more than Ford , he has the adapt- ability necessary to success in these opposite fields . His best two tragedies are The Traitor ( 1631 ) and The Cardinal ( 1641 ) . The Traitor is based on the famous story of Lorenzo de ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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