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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... never a fellow and never took any part in tutoring , lecturing , or other academic duties . He spent considerable periods away from Cambridge , sometimes at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire , where his mother had settled , sometimes in ...
... never a fellow and never took any part in tutoring , lecturing , or other academic duties . He spent considerable periods away from Cambridge , sometimes at Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire , where his mother had settled , sometimes in ...
Page 141
... never completed , that might have held a very high place among his writings . William Mason gave it the title " Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude . " The surviving stanzas show that it was to be a poem in his earlier manner ...
... never completed , that might have held a very high place among his writings . William Mason gave it the title " Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude . " The surviving stanzas show that it was to be a poem in his earlier manner ...
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... never held office again . Thus , he was never more than a minor minister , and even that modest distinction never remained with him for more than a few months . The commoner prizes of political service in his day - sinecures , pensions ...
... never held office again . Thus , he was never more than a minor minister , and even that modest distinction never remained with him for more than a few months . The commoner prizes of political service in his day - sinecures , pensions ...
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