History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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Page ix
... Romance . Mason , W. Reflections on originality in authors . . . remarks on a Letter by Bp . Hurd . 1762 , 12mo . Stael , Mme . de . An Essay on Fictions ( prefixed to Zulma , a tale ) . London , 1813 . Reeve , Clara . Progress of Romance ...
... Romance . Mason , W. Reflections on originality in authors . . . remarks on a Letter by Bp . Hurd . 1762 , 12mo . Stael , Mme . de . An Essay on Fictions ( prefixed to Zulma , a tale ) . London , 1813 . Reeve , Clara . Progress of Romance ...
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... romance -Heliodorus - Achilles Tatius - Longus - Chariton - Joannes Damascenus - Eustathius - Remarks on this species of composi- tion 9 CHAPTER II . Introduction of the Milesian tales into Italy - Latin Romances- Petronius Arbiter ...
... romance -Heliodorus - Achilles Tatius - Longus - Chariton - Joannes Damascenus - Eustathius - Remarks on this species of composi- tion 9 CHAPTER II . Introduction of the Milesian tales into Italy - Latin Romances- Petronius Arbiter ...
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... romance of chivalry intervenes between two Greek ro- mances , or is presented alternately with a French heroic romance , or modern novel . Hence the reader is not furnished with a view of the progress of Fiction in con- tinuity ; he ...
... romance of chivalry intervenes between two Greek ro- mances , or is presented alternately with a French heroic romance , or modern novel . Hence the reader is not furnished with a view of the progress of Fiction in con- tinuity ; he ...
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... romance of the Incredible Things beyond Thule was dedicated to the author's sister Isidora , and consisted of twenty - four books , in which Dinias was represented as relating his own adventures , and those he had heard from Dercyllis ...
... romance of the Incredible Things beyond Thule was dedicated to the author's sister Isidora , and consisted of twenty - four books , in which Dinias was represented as relating his own adventures , and those he had heard from Dercyllis ...
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... romance , the Subject , the Disposition , and the Orna- ments ; a classification which may be regarded as compre- hending the means of estimating the most material beauties and defects of any fictitious narrative . In adopting these ...
... romance , the Subject , the Disposition , and the Orna- ments ; a classification which may be regarded as compre- hending the means of estimating the most material beauties and defects of any fictitious narrative . In adopting these ...
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