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Page 178
... appeared in 1825. The complete work , corrected and unexpurgated , did not begin to reach us until 1970 . Later Seventeenth - Century Verse SAMUEL BUTLER ( 1612-80 ) , born at Strensham in Worcester- shire , had been a man of many ...
... appeared in 1825. The complete work , corrected and unexpurgated , did not begin to reach us until 1970 . Later Seventeenth - Century Verse SAMUEL BUTLER ( 1612-80 ) , born at Strensham in Worcester- shire , had been a man of many ...
Page 340
... appeared between 1839 and 1844. But it was Vanity Fair , which , after many false starts , he completed in 1848 , that raised him to the heights of fame . The powerful Edinburgh Review now acclaimed him as the Fielding of the present ...
... appeared between 1839 and 1844. But it was Vanity Fair , which , after many false starts , he completed in 1848 , that raised him to the heights of fame . The powerful Edinburgh Review now acclaimed him as the Fielding of the present ...
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... appeared in the last Georgian Book , is often regarded as a minor byproduct of his work as a prose - writer . Much of his verse is weak and sentimental ; but , here and there , he suddenly produced a really memorable poem . His range is ...
... appeared in the last Georgian Book , is often regarded as a minor byproduct of his work as a prose - writer . Much of his verse is weak and sentimental ; but , here and there , he suddenly produced a really memorable poem . His range is ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Age of Chaucer | 16 |
The English Renaissance 335 | 35 |
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Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture: Myth, Media, and the Man Ann Cline Kelly No preview available - 2002 |