A Critical History of English Literature, Volume 1Ronald Press Company, 1960 |
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... forces of Olaf the Norseman , Constantine , king of Scots , and the Britons of Strathclyde . There is an important difference , how- ever , between the heroic tone of this poem and that of the older Anglo - Saxon poetry . In the older ...
... forces of Olaf the Norseman , Constantine , king of Scots , and the Britons of Strathclyde . There is an important difference , how- ever , between the heroic tone of this poem and that of the older Anglo - Saxon poetry . In the older ...
Page 51
... force than loyalty to one's lady ; where both love and war are ritualized by elaborate techniques of service ; where the devoted knight over- comes fabulous obstacles by virtue of the strictness of his honor and the strength of his ...
... force than loyalty to one's lady ; where both love and war are ritualized by elaborate techniques of service ; where the devoted knight over- comes fabulous obstacles by virtue of the strictness of his honor and the strength of his ...
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... force in the ironic way in which the hero's intriguing ambition and final reversal of fortune are handled . Though the characters are not probed beyond their more obvious qualities which help to motivate the plot , Jonson succeeds in ...
... force in the ironic way in which the hero's intriguing ambition and final reversal of fortune are handled . Though the characters are not probed beyond their more obvious qualities which help to motivate the plot , Jonson succeeds in ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 5 |
THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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