English Literature in Fact & Story: Being a Brief Account of Its Writers & Their Backgrounds, Matters Very Necessary to be Known by the Gentle Reader of Polite Letters. To which are Added for His Greater Edification Many Amusing & Famous Anecdotes and Much Other Illustrative Material with Maps, Charts, & PicturesCentury Company, 1929 - 505 pagina's |
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Pagina 256
... verse , especially in translations of the Beowulf ) ; other writers have continued to experiment with quanti- tative verse ( recently , for example , the poet laureate , Dr. Bridges ) . Perhaps most has been heard about the at- tempts ...
... verse , especially in translations of the Beowulf ) ; other writers have continued to experiment with quanti- tative verse ( recently , for example , the poet laureate , Dr. Bridges ) . Perhaps most has been heard about the at- tempts ...
Pagina 429
... verse or prose . Verse is composition in which the words are arranged according to some recurring pattern ; in good prose such recurring patterns seldom are permitted , and if at all — as ... verse , the patterns 429 INTRODUCTION PAGE VERSE.
... verse or prose . Verse is composition in which the words are arranged according to some recurring pattern ; in good prose such recurring patterns seldom are permitted , and if at all — as ... verse , the patterns 429 INTRODUCTION PAGE VERSE.
Pagina 434
... VERSE In studying verse it is necessary first of all to hear it , if only with the mental ear . Otherwise one misses all the effects of sound , and much of the suggestive power of the other means of em- phasis . One should be conscious ...
... VERSE In studying verse it is necessary first of all to hear it , if only with the mental ear . Otherwise one misses all the effects of sound , and much of the suggestive power of the other means of em- phasis . One should be conscious ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
Copyright | |
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