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... accepted classics of religion and politics are extremely rare . The innumerable works on these subjects that have perished , perished for want of art ; the handful that have survived commend themselves to one generation after another ...
... accepted classics of religion and politics are extremely rare . The innumerable works on these subjects that have perished , perished for want of art ; the handful that have survived commend themselves to one generation after another ...
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... accepted categories . Such categorizing is merely conventional , however , for Elizabethan literature was more closely inter- related than that of almost any other age . Elizabethan poetry , Elizabethan novels , Elizabethan pamphlets ...
... accepted categories . Such categorizing is merely conventional , however , for Elizabethan literature was more closely inter- related than that of almost any other age . Elizabethan poetry , Elizabethan novels , Elizabethan pamphlets ...
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Alfred Charles Ward. tion ; only a steady progress towards critical understanding and acceptance of Shakespeare and ... accepted at its face value , meaning no more than is said in the words and seen in action on the stage . Nothing can ...
Alfred Charles Ward. tion ; only a steady progress towards critical understanding and acceptance of Shakespeare and ... accepted at its face value , meaning no more than is said in the words and seen in action on the stage . Nothing can ...
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UNTIL CHAUCER I | 1 |
CHAUCER HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND | 14 |
POPULAR LITERATURE | 43 |
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