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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... died abruptly , and the son , after a short , miserable career as a drunkard , died in 1848 when barely in his thirties . Emily died three months later at age thirty and Anne only a year after at age twenty - nine . According to ...
... died abruptly , and the son , after a short , miserable career as a drunkard , died in 1848 when barely in his thirties . Emily died three months later at age thirty and Anne only a year after at age twenty - nine . According to ...
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... Dying Young " equally quoted and recited on both sides of the Atlantic . XIX To an Athlete Dying Young The time you won ... died before the man . So set , before its echoes fade , The fleet foot on the sill of shade , And hold to the low ...
... Dying Young " equally quoted and recited on both sides of the Atlantic . XIX To an Athlete Dying Young The time you won ... died before the man . So set , before its echoes fade , The fleet foot on the sill of shade , And hold to the low ...
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... died quite young after a stunning , though brief career . Indeed , the life spans of Crane and Norris are almost identical . Educated in Paris , Norris had a zealous desire to continentalize American fiction . He outlined two prodigious ...
... died quite young after a stunning , though brief career . Indeed , the life spans of Crane and Norris are almost identical . Educated in Paris , Norris had a zealous desire to continentalize American fiction . He outlined two prodigious ...
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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