The College Survey of English Literature: The early period. The sixteenth century. The seventeenth century. The eighteenth centuryBartlett Jere Whiting, Fred Benjamin Millett Harcourt, Brace, 1947 |
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... play his sophomores should read , the publishers systematically checked the experience of numerous college teachers against the three plays the editors most strongly recommended . It was , of course , unwise to consider plays which the ...
... play his sophomores should read , the publishers systematically checked the experience of numerous college teachers against the three plays the editors most strongly recommended . It was , of course , unwise to consider plays which the ...
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... play , and so stayed not no more than other people , but to the King's house , to " The Maid's Tragedy " ; but vexed all the while with two a more pleasant rencontre I never heard . But by that means lost the pleasure of the play wholly ...
... play , and so stayed not no more than other people , but to the King's house , to " The Maid's Tragedy " ; but vexed all the while with two a more pleasant rencontre I never heard . But by that means lost the pleasure of the play wholly ...
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... play in his pocket . This was the comedy The Old Bachelor , which was produced when he was twenty - three , and was an immediate success . The chief admirer of the play was the aging Dryden , who became his friend and sponsor , and the ...
... play in his pocket . This was the comedy The Old Bachelor , which was produced when he was twenty - three , and was an immediate success . The chief admirer of the play was the aging Dryden , who became his friend and sponsor , and the ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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