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... kind to reach the English reader . In 1618 he visited the Scottish poet , Drummond of Hawthornden ; and in 1623 he contributed commendatory verses to the Shakespearian First Folio . During his later life he produced further masques at ...
... kind to reach the English reader . In 1618 he visited the Scottish poet , Drummond of Hawthornden ; and in 1623 he contributed commendatory verses to the Shakespearian First Folio . During his later life he produced further masques at ...
Page 260
... kind of book for which he might receive an order , undertaking many commissions himself but also farming out the work to hacks . Though the business seems to have pros- pered , his labours ruined his health , while , thanks to his ...
... kind of book for which he might receive an order , undertaking many commissions himself but also farming out the work to hacks . Though the business seems to have pros- pered , his labours ruined his health , while , thanks to his ...
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... kind ; he had little use for the political doctrinaire . ' To speak quite frankly , ' he admitted to an audience of working- men , ' I don't know what Marx's theory of value is , and I'm damned if I want to know ! ' Moreover , although ...
... kind ; he had little use for the political doctrinaire . ' To speak quite frankly , ' he admitted to an audience of working- men , ' I don't know what Marx's theory of value is , and I'm damned if I want to know ! ' Moreover , although ...
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 |