A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... less removed from the normal drama of the time . But it shows the author's dramatic weakness the more clearly ... Less versatile than the other prominent playwrights of his day , less able than they to conceive of multitudinous feelings ...
... less removed from the normal drama of the time . But it shows the author's dramatic weakness the more clearly ... Less versatile than the other prominent playwrights of his day , less able than they to conceive of multitudinous feelings ...
Page 555
... less extravagant is less obscure than that of his contemporary poets . Since he appeals to the great mass of readers , he banishes very rare words from his vocabulary and over - refinement from his style . Even his bad taste is within ...
... less extravagant is less obscure than that of his contemporary poets . Since he appeals to the great mass of readers , he banishes very rare words from his vocabulary and over - refinement from his style . Even his bad taste is within ...
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... less genius than the one or the other , a grasp of the psychology of individuals less strong and safe than that of the first , an intuition of group psychology less vigorous than that of the second , but with a sociological sense more ...
... less genius than the one or the other , a grasp of the psychology of individuals less strong and safe than that of the first , an intuition of group psychology less vigorous than that of the second , but with a sociological sense more ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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