A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... story , so that the lover may know whether or no he have the same guilt on his conscience . When the confession has ended , Venus mocks this superannuated lover , who decides to withdraw . The device allows the seven deadly sins ...
... story , so that the lover may know whether or no he have the same guilt on his conscience . When the confession has ended , Venus mocks this superannuated lover , who decides to withdraw . The device allows the seven deadly sins ...
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... story by itself to judge whether the writer has succeeded in his aim of producing the strongest possible impression by his distribution of the parts , his manipulation and unravelling of the plot , and his arrange- ment of details in ...
... story by itself to judge whether the writer has succeeded in his aim of producing the strongest possible impression by his distribution of the parts , his manipulation and unravelling of the plot , and his arrange- ment of details in ...
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... story - telling . Elizabeth Goudge with Green Dolphin Country , Margaret Kennedy with The Constant Nymph , and Daphne du Maurier have given proof , each in her own way , of a very feminine subtlety , of remarkable aptitude for telling a ...
... story - telling . Elizabeth Goudge with Green Dolphin Country , Margaret Kennedy with The Constant Nymph , and Daphne du Maurier have given proof , each in her own way , of a very feminine subtlety , of remarkable aptitude for telling a ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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