Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... poetry . His discovery of the heroic couplet is a rare achievement and it has been used by almost every poet of note since his time . It is good to know that The Canterbury Tales were immedi- ately acclaimed . Nothing like them had been ...
... poetry . His discovery of the heroic couplet is a rare achievement and it has been used by almost every poet of note since his time . It is good to know that The Canterbury Tales were immedi- ately acclaimed . Nothing like them had been ...
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... poet of Ireland , wrote two volumes of poetry , Odes and Epistles ; and Irish Melodies which are full of pathos and rich with sentiment ; and an Oriental romance , Lalla Rookh . He also wrote a life of Sheridan and one of Lord Byron ...
... poet of Ireland , wrote two volumes of poetry , Odes and Epistles ; and Irish Melodies which are full of pathos and rich with sentiment ; and an Oriental romance , Lalla Rookh . He also wrote a life of Sheridan and one of Lord Byron ...
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... poetry ; Rossetti was a professional painter with some leisure for literature . Now we come to a poet who followed arduous and exacting work as an inspector of schools . This was Matthew Arnold ( 1822-1888 ) , who was born at Laleham ...
... poetry ; Rossetti was a professional painter with some leisure for literature . Now we come to a poet who followed arduous and exacting work as an inspector of schools . This was Matthew Arnold ( 1822-1888 ) , who was born at Laleham ...
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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