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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... lived , and give it an illusion of reality . Of such nature are his Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque ( 1840 ) , most of which will make your hair stand on end , and his poems , with their unearthly settings and a music so haunting ...
... lived , and give it an illusion of reality . Of such nature are his Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque ( 1840 ) , most of which will make your hair stand on end , and his poems , with their unearthly settings and a music so haunting ...
Page 142
... lived almost 100 years . There was always a certain vigor in Masefield's poetry , whether of the sea or the land , that can be found in the work of few other writers . It is a vigor that comes partly from personal experience and partly ...
... lived almost 100 years . There was always a certain vigor in Masefield's poetry , whether of the sea or the land , that can be found in the work of few other writers . It is a vigor that comes partly from personal experience and partly ...
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... lived in primitive conditions and spoke the ancient Gaelic tongue . Synge lived there several years , learning the language , the feelings of the peasants , their interests , their capacity for tragedy as well as their laughter . From ...
... lived in primitive conditions and spoke the ancient Gaelic tongue . Synge lived there several years , learning the language , the feelings of the peasants , their interests , their capacity for tragedy as well as their laughter . From ...
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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