The Best in Their KindRichards Press, 1949 - 456 pages |
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... story and soon added the characters of Sir Tristram , Sir Lancelot and all the other Knights of the Round Table , including Sir Gawayne . The story of Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight is one of the most fascinating of the whole ...
... story and soon added the characters of Sir Tristram , Sir Lancelot and all the other Knights of the Round Table , including Sir Gawayne . The story of Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight is one of the most fascinating of the whole ...
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... story of King Arthur or the Fall of Man . He thought that Latin might outlive the English language and he was certain that the Biblical story would outlive the Arthur- ian legend . He was right to choose his native language , wrong to ...
... story of King Arthur or the Fall of Man . He thought that Latin might outlive the English language and he was certain that the Biblical story would outlive the Arthur- ian legend . He was right to choose his native language , wrong to ...
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... story at all , and that the author's main object is to put off telling the story . The hero for instance doesn't even get born until the fourth volume , and almost at once disappears from the story . What we get is not a story but a ...
... story at all , and that the author's main object is to put off telling the story . The hero for instance doesn't even get born until the fourth volume , and almost at once disappears from the story . What we get is not a story but a ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS MALORY 1413?1470 | 18 |
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 24 |
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 15641593 | 38 |
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