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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... style discussing religious problems , and other books of expository style dealing with education and travel . Besides these , there appeared several volumes of narrative that might almost be called predecessors of the novel . They were ...
... style discussing religious problems , and other books of expository style dealing with education and travel . Besides these , there appeared several volumes of narrative that might almost be called predecessors of the novel . They were ...
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... style . His sentences are full - blown marvelously constructed yet not too formal , though his habit of frequent quotation rather jars the modern reader . Hunt's writing , prose as well as verse , is highly colloquial with an ...
... style . His sentences are full - blown marvelously constructed yet not too formal , though his habit of frequent quotation rather jars the modern reader . Hunt's writing , prose as well as verse , is highly colloquial with an ...
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... style of poetry heartened the group of ambitious young poets who disdained the emphasis on emotional intensity . Larkin's style was direct as he wrote of the commonplace experiences of life . His best work is " The Whitsun Weddings ...
... style of poetry heartened the group of ambitious young poets who disdained the emphasis on emotional intensity . Larkin's style was direct as he wrote of the commonplace experiences of life . His best work is " The Whitsun Weddings ...
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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