A People's History of English and American LiteratureWith special emphasis on literary merit, this book chronicles the literature of the great nations of Britain and America from their earliest origins to the twenty-first century. |
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... century and ushered in the new . Of course , if you want to be finicky , you can say that the world was wrong — that the twentieth century did not begin until one year later . Technically speaking , you would be right , but who cares ...
... century and ushered in the new . Of course , if you want to be finicky , you can say that the world was wrong — that the twentieth century did not begin until one year later . Technically speaking , you would be right , but who cares ...
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... century . - THE ENGLISH DRAMA Besides this trend toward realism in speech and detail , the twentieth century brought to England what has come to be known as a social conscience , a term alluded to in other parts of this text . That is ...
... century . - THE ENGLISH DRAMA Besides this trend toward realism in speech and detail , the twentieth century brought to England what has come to be known as a social conscience , a term alluded to in other parts of this text . That is ...
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... century toward any form of literature or art in general , is surely partly at fault . Conversely , the early ... century , American drama was bound to the subject matter and imitative of the conventions of the English stage . Augustus ...
... century toward any form of literature or art in general , is surely partly at fault . Conversely , the early ... century , American drama was bound to the subject matter and imitative of the conventions of the English stage . Augustus ...
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The AngloSaxon or Old English Period 4501066 | 1 |
The Revival of Learning and the Renaissance 14851660 | 11 |
The Puritan Interlude 16401660 | 23 |
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