History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
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... epic or lyric poetry , with- out the intermixture of subtle reflections and an abundant but rather cheap display of learning . The most eminent of the court poets of that period was unquestionably the aged , but still vigorous ...
... epic or lyric poetry , with- out the intermixture of subtle reflections and an abundant but rather cheap display of learning . The most eminent of the court poets of that period was unquestionably the aged , but still vigorous ...
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... epic for the attainment of its beautifully proportioned fullness , but as they are employed in the drama - to enliven the whole development as well as the separate scenes , to unfold the characters , and to work out the motives . Thus ...
... epic for the attainment of its beautifully proportioned fullness , but as they are employed in the drama - to enliven the whole development as well as the separate scenes , to unfold the characters , and to work out the motives . Thus ...
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... epics or even Ote the artificial lyrics of France . We refer here to the och romance verse of ten syllables , which the Italians ppily baptized the " endecasillabo , " or eleven - syllabled ne , as their softer language encouraged the ...
... epics or even Ote the artificial lyrics of France . We refer here to the och romance verse of ten syllables , which the Italians ppily baptized the " endecasillabo , " or eleven - syllabled ne , as their softer language encouraged the ...
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... epics he attempted , with little success , to imi ifate the style and tone of ancient poetry by using classical sy jects ... epic poetry of his country some import elements for its poetical technology ; in particular , gained for it the ...
... epics he attempted , with little success , to imi ifate the style and tone of ancient poetry by using classical sy jects ... epic poetry of his country some import elements for its poetical technology ; in particular , gained for it the ...
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... epic poem of seven - lined stanzas . Boccaccio drew him , in the course of time , into a much closer relationship ... epics . But the way in which he worked up and assimilated the borrowed material manifests in a most remarkable manner ...
... epic poem of seven - lined stanzas . Boccaccio drew him , in the course of time , into a much closer relationship ... epics . But the way in which he worked up and assimilated the borrowed material manifests in a most remarkable manner ...
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