British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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... Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society Death of Abraham Cowley Jonathan Swift born 1668 Sir Christopher Wren begins to rebuild St. Paul's Cathedral Triple Alliance formed with Holland . and Sweden against France John Dryden's Essay ...
... Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society Death of Abraham Cowley Jonathan Swift born 1668 Sir Christopher Wren begins to rebuild St. Paul's Cathedral Triple Alliance formed with Holland . and Sweden against France John Dryden's Essay ...
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British Council Ian Scott-Kilvert. Goldsmith's The Deserted Village Death of Thomas Chatterton 1771 Deaths of Thomas Gray and Tobias Smollett 1773 Boston Tea Party Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Götz von ...
British Council Ian Scott-Kilvert. Goldsmith's The Deserted Village Death of Thomas Chatterton 1771 Deaths of Thomas Gray and Tobias Smollett 1773 Boston Tea Party Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Götz von ...
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... Thomas Gray ( Toulouse , 1931 ) , and Essai sur Thomas Gray ( Paris , 1934 ) ; W. Emp- son , Some Versions of Pastoral ( London , 1935 ) , contains an interesting interpretation of the " Elegy " ; W. Powell Jones , Thomas Gray , Scholar ...
... Thomas Gray ( Toulouse , 1931 ) , and Essai sur Thomas Gray ( Paris , 1934 ) ; W. Emp- son , Some Versions of Pastoral ( London , 1935 ) , contains an interesting interpretation of the " Elegy " ; W. Powell Jones , Thomas Gray , Scholar ...
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