Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... character drawing , and musical metre . It was felt that a new era in the history of poetry had been ushered in ; a way had been made that other men might follow . Chaucer enjoyed the fame that came to him , he was fêted by the King and ...
... character drawing , and musical metre . It was felt that a new era in the history of poetry had been ushered in ; a way had been made that other men might follow . Chaucer enjoyed the fame that came to him , he was fêted by the King and ...
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... characters are displayed and developed . Credit is due to Samuel Richardson ( 1689–1761 ) for the first novel in modern ... character and the first to explore the feminine mind through the medium of prose or as being the precursor of the ...
... characters are displayed and developed . Credit is due to Samuel Richardson ( 1689–1761 ) for the first novel in modern ... character and the first to explore the feminine mind through the medium of prose or as being the precursor of the ...
Page 281
... character of Macbeth influences the action of the play . 6. Describe the special interest of one of the following : The Pilgrim's Progress ; Pepys ' Diary ; Pepys ' Diary ; The Mill on the Floss ; Boswell's Life of Johnson . 7. Give ...
... character of Macbeth influences the action of the play . 6. Describe the special interest of one of the following : The Pilgrim's Progress ; Pepys ' Diary ; Pepys ' Diary ; The Mill on the Floss ; Boswell's Life of Johnson . 7. Give ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE ANGLOSAXONS | 9 |
THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND AFTER | 18 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY | 24 |
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