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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... story - teller . This story - teller was called a scôp , which in their language meant a Shaper or Maker of Songs . For it was in song , in a sort of chant , that these stories were told . It was true of these people , just as it is ...
... story - teller . This story - teller was called a scôp , which in their language meant a Shaper or Maker of Songs . For it was in song , in a sort of chant , that these stories were told . It was true of these people , just as it is ...
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... story the traditions of their past ; and of these tradi- tions , the one which they cared for most was the story of a Celtic leader and king named Arthur . There probably was a real Arthur to start with a good fighting man who got his ...
... story the traditions of their past ; and of these tradi- tions , the one which they cared for most was the story of a Celtic leader and king named Arthur . There probably was a real Arthur to start with a good fighting man who got his ...
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... stories are to be appropriate , the pilgrims themselves must of course be real people , not mere pegs to hang a story on . It is in this characterization of the pil- grims , and in giving each story just the color and tone and turn that ...
... stories are to be appropriate , the pilgrims themselves must of course be real people , not mere pegs to hang a story on . It is in this characterization of the pil- grims , and in giving each story just the color and tone and turn that ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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