A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 78
Page 147
... idea looks so simple that all the noise it has made in the world might be thought exaggerated . It was , however , a ... ideas was clearly realized . Ideas ceased to be an end in themselves , and became interesting as revealing him who ...
... idea looks so simple that all the noise it has made in the world might be thought exaggerated . It was , however , a ... ideas was clearly realized . Ideas ceased to be an end in themselves , and became interesting as revealing him who ...
Page 946
... ideas leads him towards a pantheistic materialism ; but he reacts against it , upholds the authority of Divine revelation , and works out a new theology . Priestley , on the other hand , is more rational on this point and puts aside the ...
... ideas leads him towards a pantheistic materialism ; but he reacts against it , upholds the authority of Divine revelation , and works out a new theology . Priestley , on the other hand , is more rational on this point and puts aside the ...
Page 993
... ideas , is little else than an apocalypse , a realm of darkness peopled by supernatural beings , where one and the same idea develops throughout a continued series of signs and conventional equivalents , but where any attempt at a ...
... ideas , is little else than an apocalypse , a realm of darkness peopled by supernatural beings , where one and the same idea develops throughout a continued series of signs and conventional equivalents , but where any attempt at a ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
Copyright | |
43 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable allegory alliterative verse ancient Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon literature artistic ballad Battle of Maldon beauty Ben Jonson Beowulf Bible Byrhtnoth Cædmon century character charm Chaucer Christian classical comedy comic contemporary court critics Cynewulf death drama Dryden elements Elizabethan England English literature English poetry epic Essay euphuism faith feeling France French genius gives heart Henry honour imagination imitated influence inspired John Jonson king language Latin legend less literary lively lyrical marvellous Milton miracle plays modern moral nature original Oxford passages passion period Piers Plowman plays poem poet poetic Pope popular prose Puritan realism reign religious Renascence Restoration rhymes rhythm romances Saint satire Saxon scenes seems sentiment Shakespeare shows songs sonnets Spenser spirit stage stanzas story style Tamburlaine taste theatre theme Thomas thought tion tone tragedy translation trouvères verse versification vols whole words write written wrote