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Pagina 177
... satire and arguments in verse , first writing as an Anglican , and then as a defender of Roman Cathol- icism . This change in faith came just at the accession of the Catholic , James II , and caused many suspicions of Dryden's ...
... satire and arguments in verse , first writing as an Anglican , and then as a defender of Roman Cathol- icism . This change in faith came just at the accession of the Catholic , James II , and caused many suspicions of Dryden's ...
Pagina 184
... satire than the Restoration ; and the changes in taste that led to the romantic literature of the nineteenth cen- tury were not yet prominent . Literature was brilliant and correct ; the great writers were the friends of the leaders in ...
... satire than the Restoration ; and the changes in taste that led to the romantic literature of the nineteenth cen- tury were not yet prominent . Literature was brilliant and correct ; the great writers were the friends of the leaders in ...
Pagina 194
... satire not only on differences in religion but on a whole array of human follies . Its power is tremendous . Swift himself in his last years , speaking of it , said , " Good God ! What a genius I had when I wrote that book . " But it ...
... satire not only on differences in religion but on a whole array of human follies . Its power is tremendous . Swift himself in his last years , speaking of it , said , " Good God ! What a genius I had when I wrote that book . " But it ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
VERSE | 15 |
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