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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Page 11
... interest in the classics of Greece and Rome and all the ancient learning that had been so long lost or forgotten . This part of the Renaissance is known as the Revival of Learning . Sometimes it is called Humanism , though this term ...
... interest in the classics of Greece and Rome and all the ancient learning that had been so long lost or forgotten . This part of the Renaissance is known as the Revival of Learning . Sometimes it is called Humanism , though this term ...
Page 43
... interest in the New World began to change from exploration to settlement . Desire for adventure and gold remained , but Europeans now began to see America as a place where food was plentiful and where poor people might own land . Like ...
... interest in the New World began to change from exploration to settlement . Desire for adventure and gold remained , but Europeans now began to see America as a place where food was plentiful and where poor people might own land . Like ...
Page 109
... interest and curiosity in his long career and his extensive portfolio . Like Jones , Pinero was an early depicter of English society ; however , his views were more favorably accepted probably because he was an insider of the group and ...
... interest and curiosity in his long career and his extensive portfolio . Like Jones , Pinero was an early depicter of English society ; however , his views were more favorably accepted probably because he was an insider of the group and ...
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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