A History of English Literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
Page 30
... early 15th- century manuscript . there are ominous exceptions - the fat sporting Monk , whose bald head steams in the sun ; the wanton Friar ; the piratical Shipman , who is an occasional pirate and very often drowns his captives ; the ...
... early 15th- century manuscript . there are ominous exceptions - the fat sporting Monk , whose bald head steams in the sun ; the wanton Friar ; the piratical Shipman , who is an occasional pirate and very often drowns his captives ; the ...
Page 88
... early death , Greville decided to remain a courtier , and soon became a royal favourite . He made the most of his ... earliest he wrote , combine an ingenious play of images with an almost conversational directness : I with whose colours ...
... early death , Greville decided to remain a courtier , and soon became a royal favourite . He made the most of his ... earliest he wrote , combine an ingenious play of images with an almost conversational directness : I with whose colours ...
Page 401
... early determined to become a poet , and disdained all other interests . His first published work , Pauline , ' subtitled ' Fragment of a Confession ' , appeared anonymously in 1833 , and proved entirely unsuccessful ; but , two years ...
... early determined to become a poet , and disdained all other interests . His first published work , Pauline , ' subtitled ' Fragment of a Confession ' , appeared anonymously in 1833 , and proved entirely unsuccessful ; but , two years ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Age of Chaucer | 16 |
The English Renaissance 335 | 35 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admired afterwards Alexander Pope appeared artist beauty became Ben Jonson born Byron Cambridge century character Charles Chaucer Church Coleridge comedy contemporary critic D.H. Lawrence Danny Deever death delight described despite died dramatic dramatist Dryden E. M. Forster early Elizabethan England English essays eyes famous father followed genius George George Eliot gift heart Henry human imaginative John John Donne John Dryden Johnson Joshua Reynolds King Lady later learned literary literature lived London Lord marriage married modern moral nature never novel novelist once Oxford passion play poem poet poetic poetry political Pope portrait produced prose published Queen returned romantic Samuel Johnson satire seems Shakespeare Shelley sonnets soon spirit story strange style success T.S. Eliot Tamburlaine thee theme Thomas thou tragedy verse Victorian Westminster School wife William woman Wordsworth writing written wrote young youth
References to this book
Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture: Myth, Media, and the Man Ann Cline Kelly No preview available - 2002 |