Masters of English LiteratureA.C. McClurg & Company, 1914 - 446 páginas |
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... French , the ethical earnestness of the English , are reflected in their respective literatures . The life of a nation varies with the centuries , these varia- tions are also reflected in its literature . Dryden , Swift , and Pope ...
... French , the ethical earnestness of the English , are reflected in their respective literatures . The life of a nation varies with the centuries , these varia- tions are also reflected in its literature . Dryden , Swift , and Pope ...
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... French . Beowulf is the great poem of this period . When it was written or composed we do not know , perhaps long before the Teutonic races passed from the Continent to England . It is a noble poem picturing the life of a crude race of ...
... French . Beowulf is the great poem of this period . When it was written or composed we do not know , perhaps long before the Teutonic races passed from the Continent to England . It is a noble poem picturing the life of a crude race of ...
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... French of the court . As London became the political and com- mercial center of the kingdom , the Midland dialect gained the supremacy . As Chaucer is the subject of the next chapter , we need not now discuss the influence of this ...
... French of the court . As London became the political and com- mercial center of the kingdom , the Midland dialect gained the supremacy . As Chaucer is the subject of the next chapter , we need not now discuss the influence of this ...
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... French literature as embodied in Racine , Molière , La Fontaine , and Bossuet dominated English ideals . The Latin and Greek classics passed into England through the modernizing influence of Boileau and his school of critics . About the ...
... French literature as embodied in Racine , Molière , La Fontaine , and Bossuet dominated English ideals . The Latin and Greek classics passed into England through the modernizing influence of Boileau and his school of critics . About the ...
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... French Revolution . Literature , a reflection of life , could not escape the far - reaching influences of that upheaval . The same influences that resulted in the breaking away from political tradi- tions led to the breaking away from ...
... French Revolution . Literature , a reflection of life , could not escape the far - reaching influences of that upheaval . The same influences that resulted in the breaking away from political tradi- tions led to the breaking away from ...
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