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... original composition . Geoffrey of Monmouth , for example , wrote his Historia Regum Brittaniae ( 1137 ) in Latin : this was rendered into French as Roman du Brut ( 1155 ) by Wace : and Layamon turned Wace into English , with some ...
... original composition . Geoffrey of Monmouth , for example , wrote his Historia Regum Brittaniae ( 1137 ) in Latin : this was rendered into French as Roman du Brut ( 1155 ) by Wace : and Layamon turned Wace into English , with some ...
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... Original proclaim . The ' unwearied Sun ' , the moon , and all the stars and all the planets , " confirm the tidings as they roll , / And spread the truth from pole to pole " . As the historian J. H. Plumb puts it , “ God was ...
... Original proclaim . The ' unwearied Sun ' , the moon , and all the stars and all the planets , " confirm the tidings as they roll , / And spread the truth from pole to pole " . As the historian J. H. Plumb puts it , “ God was ...
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... original writer , in proportion as he is great and original , must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished " . While reiterating yet once again that the poem - the play - the novel is where we start from and return to ...
... original writer , in proportion as he is great and original , must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished " . While reiterating yet once again that the poem - the play - the novel is where we start from and return to ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF LITERATURE AND THe | 3 |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 21 |
BACKGROUNDS CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN | 42 |
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