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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... known though not by a wide audience . His collection titled Poems ( 1821 ) gained high praise from reviewers who bore flattering testimony to the large capacities of his genius in future efforts . Apparently such never came to fruition ...
... known though not by a wide audience . His collection titled Poems ( 1821 ) gained high praise from reviewers who bore flattering testimony to the large capacities of his genius in future efforts . Apparently such never came to fruition ...
Page 146
... known in posterity as merely a recess in hostility assuredly caused by the indignation of the Treaty of Versailles . Practically everything in that wretched peace settlement served to sow seeds of future trouble . The German people were ...
... known in posterity as merely a recess in hostility assuredly caused by the indignation of the Treaty of Versailles . Practically everything in that wretched peace settlement served to sow seeds of future trouble . The German people were ...
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... known as " the great collaborator " to his vast company of friends in the theater . His best work was nearly always caught up in satire , most times political , but on occasion his own vocation of show business as well . Early in his ...
... known as " the great collaborator " to his vast company of friends in the theater . His best work was nearly always caught up in satire , most times political , but on occasion his own vocation of show business as well . Early in his ...
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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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