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... century , when the Scottish Chaucerians wrote some of the best poetry then being produced in Europe , its second and hardly less great age was the Golden Age of the eighteenth century . Between 1740 and 1830 Scotland produced an ...
... century , when the Scottish Chaucerians wrote some of the best poetry then being produced in Europe , its second and hardly less great age was the Golden Age of the eighteenth century . Between 1740 and 1830 Scotland produced an ...
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... century - from the realm of politics and religion to that of literature . The most significant things in Watson's collection are the popular poems and folk songs , earlier and con- temporary imitations of ballads and folk songs , and ...
... century - from the realm of politics and religion to that of literature . The most significant things in Watson's collection are the popular poems and folk songs , earlier and con- temporary imitations of ballads and folk songs , and ...
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... century religion in Scotland , but religion , dominant as it was in so many aspects of the nation's life , had not any considerable influence on philosophy . Thus throughout the century we get a series of liberalizing movements in the ...
... century religion in Scotland , but religion , dominant as it was in so many aspects of the nation's life , had not any considerable influence on philosophy . Thus throughout the century we get a series of liberalizing movements in the ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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