British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8Scribner, 1992 - 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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... turning turning a feather as it were for dancing , turning for dancing , dancing being begun turning together , together to be become , barely a feather being , beware , being a peacock only on the stair , staring at , only a peacock to ...
... turning turning a feather as it were for dancing , turning for dancing , dancing being begun turning together , together to be become , barely a feather being , beware , being a peacock only on the stair , staring at , only a peacock to ...
Page 184
... turn of syntax that Empson favors : " It is not the effort nor the failure tires " ; " It is the Chinese tombs and the slag hills / Usurp the soil " ; " not the soil retires . " Empson uses this turn every- where : the effect is one of ...
... turn of syntax that Empson favors : " It is not the effort nor the failure tires " ; " It is the Chinese tombs and the slag hills / Usurp the soil " ; " not the soil retires . " Empson uses this turn every- where : the effect is one of ...
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... turn her relations with him into a high- flown romance , as don Quixote did with the dirty , flirtatious servant ... turns every commonplace event into an adventure out of a book . Having studied English at Oxford and written a short ...
... turn her relations with him into a high- flown romance , as don Quixote did with the dirty , flirtatious servant ... turns every commonplace event into an adventure out of a book . Having studied English at Oxford and written a short ...
Contents
JOHN ARDEN David Graver 22 | 22 |
MAX BEERBOHM Robert Viscusi | 43 |
BRENDAN BEHAN David Galef | 61 |
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