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Page 117
... ideas . Donne , for example , was ' familiar with the definitions and distinctions of Mediaeval Scholasticism ' ; while ' Cowley's bright and alert , if not profound mind ' was ' attracted by the achievements of science and the ...
... ideas . Donne , for example , was ' familiar with the definitions and distinctions of Mediaeval Scholasticism ' ; while ' Cowley's bright and alert , if not profound mind ' was ' attracted by the achievements of science and the ...
Page 171
... idea , rather than the style , that counts : For , methinks , the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly shut from light , with only some little openings left , to let in external visible resemblances , or ideas of things ...
... idea , rather than the style , that counts : For , methinks , the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly shut from light , with only some little openings left , to let in external visible resemblances , or ideas of things ...
Page 332
... ideas . Headlong Hall , Nightmare Abbey , Crotchet Castle and Gryll Grange are , first and foremost , brilliant fantasies , where , by means of ingeniously contrived dialogue , the fads , fashions , ideas and problems of the age are ...
... ideas . Headlong Hall , Nightmare Abbey , Crotchet Castle and Gryll Grange are , first and foremost , brilliant fantasies , where , by means of ingeniously contrived dialogue , the fads , fashions , ideas and problems of the age are ...
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 |