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... literary criticism and in some measure to literary history also . When far - fetched interpretations are preferred to plain , there is a corresponding desire to resurrect minor ' difficult ' writers and to raise them above their proper ...
... literary criticism and in some measure to literary history also . When far - fetched interpretations are preferred to plain , there is a corresponding desire to resurrect minor ' difficult ' writers and to raise them above their proper ...
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... literary history shows that the nce exclusively purposive view of literature is fallacious . Theologi- cal and political writings die multitudinously , leaving no trace ; only those survive which have æsthetic value in addition to their ...
... literary history shows that the nce exclusively purposive view of literature is fallacious . Theologi- cal and political writings die multitudinously , leaving no trace ; only those survive which have æsthetic value in addition to their ...
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... literary criticism began at that time and it would have been particularly valuable to possess succinct statements of ... literary grounds , for what has long since become labelled as 1 Jacke of Newberie , ch . VI ( ibid . ) . THE ARTE OF ...
... literary criticism began at that time and it would have been particularly valuable to possess succinct statements of ... literary grounds , for what has long since become labelled as 1 Jacke of Newberie , ch . VI ( ibid . ) . THE ARTE OF ...
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UNTIL CHAUCER I | 1 |
CHAUCER HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND | 14 |
POPULAR LITERATURE | 43 |
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