A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... period of English history . He kept for himself a fresh and sweet retreat from the political storms . He was no hero , but a sage endowed by fate with a lively taste for nature , a grateful soul , and an excellent stomach . 6. Other ...
... period of English history . He kept for himself a fresh and sweet retreat from the political storms . He was no hero , but a sage endowed by fate with a lively taste for nature , a grateful soul , and an excellent stomach . 6. Other ...
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... PERIOD ( 1770-98 ) CHAPTER I THE AWAKENING OF IMAGINATION 1. Psychological Sources , and the Trend of Ideas . - The last thirty years of the eighteenth century can be considered as being in themselves , and without too artificial an ...
... PERIOD ( 1770-98 ) CHAPTER I THE AWAKENING OF IMAGINATION 1. Psychological Sources , and the Trend of Ideas . - The last thirty years of the eighteenth century can be considered as being in themselves , and without too artificial an ...
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... period apart ; it stands in direct conflict with the present , acts as a reactionary force , symbolizing the spirit of protest and revenge . It will have nothing whatever to do with the present in the very sense in which contemporary ...
... period apart ; it stands in direct conflict with the present , acts as a reactionary force , symbolizing the spirit of protest and revenge . It will have nothing whatever to do with the present in the very sense in which contemporary ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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