Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... effect was that the Latin and Greek classics were followed as models for literary work , and due to the influence of Charles II and his Court the literature of France was also imitated . This change from the freshness and extravagance ...
... effect was that the Latin and Greek classics were followed as models for literary work , and due to the influence of Charles II and his Court the literature of France was also imitated . This change from the freshness and extravagance ...
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... effect on his successors . Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( 1792-1822 ) , like Byron , suffered from the effects of his own conduct . From the time he was an undergraduate , he came under the fierce criticism of those who ...
... effect on his successors . Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( 1792-1822 ) , like Byron , suffered from the effects of his own conduct . From the time he was an undergraduate , he came under the fierce criticism of those who ...
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... effect on character . Consequently , in his novels he is mainly concerned with presenting life as it was lived by the poor of his time . His stark realism and his painstaking description of the poorer London streets mark a new departure ...
... effect on character . Consequently , in his novels he is mainly concerned with presenting life as it was lived by the poor of his time . His stark realism and his painstaking description of the poorer London streets mark a new departure ...
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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