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... Drayton feels able to draw on a broad range of material and language . This range constitutes a kind of historico - geographical account of Eng- land and makes the poem much more complex than it may at first seem . So the relaxed style ...
... Drayton feels able to draw on a broad range of material and language . This range constitutes a kind of historico - geographical account of Eng- land and makes the poem much more complex than it may at first seem . So the relaxed style ...
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George A. E. Parfitt. Drayton's survey begins outside England , and what he celebrates is a richly varied yet unified land , with its own culture and history . And this stands in striking contrast to the epic of rebellion which both Drayton ...
George A. E. Parfitt. Drayton's survey begins outside England , and what he celebrates is a richly varied yet unified land , with its own culture and history . And this stands in striking contrast to the epic of rebellion which both Drayton ...
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... Drayton's poem seems a great and moving ideal , and its truthfulness lies in its ability , reminiscent of Jonson's ' To Penshurst ' , to make that ideal feel both desirable and attainable . This element of the ideal provides a link ...
... Drayton's poem seems a great and moving ideal , and its truthfulness lies in its ability , reminiscent of Jonson's ' To Penshurst ' , to make that ideal feel both desirable and attainable . This element of the ideal provides a link ...
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