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... Periods of European Literature ( Rivingtons ) . Ker's English Medieval Literature in the Home University Library Williams & Norgate ) is excellent . The English literature of the period : F. J. Snell , The Age of Transition ( Bell ) ...
... Periods of European Literature ( Rivingtons ) . Ker's English Medieval Literature in the Home University Library Williams & Norgate ) is excellent . The English literature of the period : F. J. Snell , The Age of Transition ( Bell ) ...
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... period of intense life following a period of stagna- tion , an age of learning , optimism , and courage . Its spirit finds triumphant expression in the two great books of Rabelais , Gargantua and Pantagruel . François Rabelais was born ...
... period of intense life following a period of stagna- tion , an age of learning , optimism , and courage . Its spirit finds triumphant expression in the two great books of Rabelais , Gargantua and Pantagruel . François Rabelais was born ...
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... period 1828-1838 ; his best - known book is Pan Tadeusz ( 1834 ) , which has been translated into English . Sienkiewicz is much better known , outside his country , than his com- patriot . His novels cover a long period ( 1872-1911 ) ...
... period 1828-1838 ; his best - known book is Pan Tadeusz ( 1834 ) , which has been translated into English . Sienkiewicz is much better known , outside his country , than his com- patriot . His novels cover a long period ( 1872-1911 ) ...
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