A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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... literary influences is bound to be a short - sighted process . On the other hand , a bird's - eye view of the late Renaissance in Western Europe , in a prize - giving spirit , might be misleading and unprofitable : England stands out ...
... literary influences is bound to be a short - sighted process . On the other hand , a bird's - eye view of the late Renaissance in Western Europe , in a prize - giving spirit , might be misleading and unprofitable : England stands out ...
Page 98
... literary change into a simple succession of movements and ' reactions ' , and to remind us that in periods of heightened vitality developments in different directions often exist side by side.1 By no means all of what we now consider ...
... literary change into a simple succession of movements and ' reactions ' , and to remind us that in periods of heightened vitality developments in different directions often exist side by side.1 By no means all of what we now consider ...
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... Literary Criticism : the Renascence ( London , 1947 ) Gregory Smith , G. ( ed . ) Elizabethan Critical Essays ( 2 vols . , London , 1904 ) Jones , E. D. ( ed . ) English Critical Essays : 16th - 18th Centuries ( London , 1922 ) ...
... Literary Criticism : the Renascence ( London , 1947 ) Gregory Smith , G. ( ed . ) Elizabethan Critical Essays ( 2 vols . , London , 1904 ) Jones , E. D. ( ed . ) English Critical Essays : 16th - 18th Centuries ( London , 1922 ) ...
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