Main Currents of English Literature: A Brief Literary History of the English PeopleF.S. Crofts, 1934 - 526 pages |
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Page 106
... human motives were leading him towards an absorption in tragic conflict . For tragedy consists in a perception of the contrast between the ob- jects of human striving and the actual failure to attain them . Shakespeare's tragic heroes ...
... human motives were leading him towards an absorption in tragic conflict . For tragedy consists in a perception of the contrast between the ob- jects of human striving and the actual failure to attain them . Shakespeare's tragic heroes ...
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... human race . Gulliver is first shipwrecked upon the island of Lilliput , whose inhabitants are but six inches high , with passions as small and trivial as their stature . Here the great satirist has a clear field for exhibiting the ...
... human race . Gulliver is first shipwrecked upon the island of Lilliput , whose inhabitants are but six inches high , with passions as small and trivial as their stature . Here the great satirist has a clear field for exhibiting the ...
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... human actions to an unknown end . A bitter note of protest and then of resigna- tion is struck in contemplating the ironical and pathetic course of human history . And the Pities continue their lament over the hapless doom of man ...
... human actions to an unknown end . A bitter note of protest and then of resigna- tion is struck in contemplating the ironical and pathetic course of human history . And the Pities continue their lament over the hapless doom of man ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD | 23 |
OLD AND NEW IN Conflict | 224 |
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