A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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... contemporary rules , but even if he is to be regarded as implementing existing theoretical possibilities , his prac- tice remains the kind of new departure which marks a decisive altera- tion in the course of literary history . In ...
... contemporary rules , but even if he is to be regarded as implementing existing theoretical possibilities , his prac- tice remains the kind of new departure which marks a decisive altera- tion in the course of literary history . In ...
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... contemporary with himself ; or rather , to achieve an English mode that should express a sense of contemporaneity with them . ... This mode ... may be described as consciously urbane , mature , and civilized . " Obviously a poet who is ...
... contemporary with himself ; or rather , to achieve an English mode that should express a sense of contemporaneity with them . ... This mode ... may be described as consciously urbane , mature , and civilized . " Obviously a poet who is ...
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... contemporary wits and poets ; friends included Carew , Marvell , Henry Lawes and Charles Cotton ; wrote Stone Walls do not a Prison Make when imprisoned , 1642 , for supporting ' Kentish Petition ' ; joined Charles I at Oxford , 1645 ...
... contemporary wits and poets ; friends included Carew , Marvell , Henry Lawes and Charles Cotton ; wrote Stone Walls do not a Prison Make when imprisoned , 1642 , for supporting ' Kentish Petition ' ; joined Charles I at Oxford , 1645 ...
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