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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... contribution to English prose was his unadorned style keeping to English syntax rather than anglicizing foreign words which was a common convention at the time . The theories he outlined concerning the process of learning he later put ...
... contribution to English prose was his unadorned style keeping to English syntax rather than anglicizing foreign words which was a common convention at the time . The theories he outlined concerning the process of learning he later put ...
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... contribution in support of the women's movement . In her 1928 essay titled A Room of One's Own , Woolf blasts the charge that women have contributed so very little to Western culture , arguing that without economic and social ...
... contribution in support of the women's movement . In her 1928 essay titled A Room of One's Own , Woolf blasts the charge that women have contributed so very little to Western culture , arguing that without economic and social ...
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... contribution to English literature : " Bridges had considerable significance in literary history but as a representative of his time rather than as a powerful creative influence . " The chief poet of the time who bridged the chasm ...
... contribution to English literature : " Bridges had considerable significance in literary history but as a representative of his time rather than as a powerful creative influence . " The chief poet of the time who bridged the chasm ...
Contents
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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