British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8Scribner, 1979 - 400 pages This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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... prose . There are whole centuries of associative meaning contained in the well - placed Latinate term . For obvious historical reasons many classical words , with their factual allusiveness and rich verbal harmonics , carry plangent ...
... prose . There are whole centuries of associative meaning contained in the well - placed Latinate term . For obvious historical reasons many classical words , with their factual allusiveness and rich verbal harmonics , carry plangent ...
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... prose writings , in the Fuller Worthies ' Library ; E. Wright , ed . , Poems and Satires ( London , 1904 ) ; H. M. ... Prose ( London , 1952 ) , contains most of the poetry and a little of the prose , a valuable intro . by Davison ; H ...
... prose writings , in the Fuller Worthies ' Library ; E. Wright , ed . , Poems and Satires ( London , 1904 ) ; H. M. ... Prose ( London , 1952 ) , contains most of the poetry and a little of the prose , a valuable intro . by Davison ; H ...
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... Prose , 3 vols . ( London , 1800 ) ; Sir Walter Scott , ed . , The Works , 18 vols . ( Edinburgh , 1808 ) , contains ... Prose , 1668-1691 ( 1972 ) ; H. T. Swedenberg , ed . , vol . II , Poems , 1681-1684 ( 1973 ) ; A. B. Chambers et al ...
... Prose , 3 vols . ( London , 1800 ) ; Sir Walter Scott , ed . , The Works , 18 vols . ( Edinburgh , 1808 ) , contains ... Prose , 1668-1691 ( 1972 ) ; H. T. Swedenberg , ed . , vol . II , Poems , 1681-1684 ( 1973 ) ; A. B. Chambers et al ...
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