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 81
Page 144
... master- piece he was to be all English . 5 : The Canterbury Tales .'- Up to this time Chaucer's work , although he sought inspiration in France and Italy , or rather because he was the too docile pupil of foreign masters , is ...
... master- piece he was to be all English . 5 : The Canterbury Tales .'- Up to this time Chaucer's work , although he sought inspiration in France and Italy , or rather because he was the too docile pupil of foreign masters , is ...
Page 243
... Master of Arts of King's College , Cambridge , a learned man who became master of Trinity Hall . The marked and yet artless bad taste of the style has thrown doubt on this authorship , yet the play shows signs of having been written by ...
... Master of Arts of King's College , Cambridge , a learned man who became master of Trinity Hall . The marked and yet artless bad taste of the style has thrown doubt on this authorship , yet the play shows signs of having been written by ...
Page 344
... masters , the master's hearty and generous good nature in conflict with the niggardliness of his wife , and his refusal to countenance the housekeeping economies by which she would increase profits . Or again , we see the good ...
... masters , the master's hearty and generous good nature in conflict with the niggardliness of his wife , and his refusal to countenance the housekeeping economies by which she would increase profits . Or again , we see the good ...
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