The Story of English LiteratureThe function of an introduction to English literature is to interest students in the content and spirit of great books and their relation to their times and to one another. |
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... century thereafter ; and their slow decline will carry us to the dawn of the great dramatic period of Shakespeare . In their day , they were the " literature " of the common folk ; and during most of the fifteenth century there was ...
... century thereafter ; and their slow decline will carry us to the dawn of the great dramatic period of Shakespeare . In their day , they were the " literature " of the common folk ; and during most of the fifteenth century there was ...
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... century was not wholly that . The most urbane poet of the century wrote of a half - starved Grub - street1 critic who had been finding fault with him : I wished the man a dinner , and sat still . That was not exactly polite , but it was ...
... century was not wholly that . The most urbane poet of the century wrote of a half - starved Grub - street1 critic who had been finding fault with him : I wished the man a dinner , and sat still . That was not exactly polite , but it was ...
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... century , following the accession of Charles II , were largely French standards . The early eighteenth century carried on the tradition of the Restoration . What they thought that France had done for them can be best put in the words of ...
... century , following the accession of Charles II , were largely French standards . The early eighteenth century carried on the tradition of the Restoration . What they thought that France had done for them can be best put in the words of ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
27 | 44 |
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