Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 81
... prose of the period from Shakespeare to Milton is prolific and great . It is , indeed , illuminated at times with a radiance rarely found elsewhere . The demand of the people for reading matter , now made readily available by the ...
... prose of the period from Shakespeare to Milton is prolific and great . It is , indeed , illuminated at times with a radiance rarely found elsewhere . The demand of the people for reading matter , now made readily available by the ...
Page 153
... prose was used mainly for chronicles and seldom for stories . Among the latter were the Italian tales of Boccaccio to which Chaucer was indebted ; the Morte d'Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory ; several pastoral stories of the Renaissance ...
... prose was used mainly for chronicles and seldom for stories . Among the latter were the Italian tales of Boccaccio to which Chaucer was indebted ; the Morte d'Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory ; several pastoral stories of the Renaissance ...
Page 276
... prose writers in English literature , was born at Moore Hall , in County Mayo in Ireland . His early novels , A Modern Lover , A Mummer's Wife , and A Drama in Muslin , all show his strong desire for honesty and clarity in his writing ...
... prose writers in English literature , was born at Moore Hall , in County Mayo in Ireland . His early novels , A Modern Lover , A Mummer's Wife , and A Drama in Muslin , all show his strong desire for honesty and clarity in his writing ...
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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