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... writers give with con- siderable fulness the leading biographical facts , together with a critical estimate of their works . The selections for special study , which are chosen to illustrate the distinguishing characteristics of each ...
... writers give with con- siderable fulness the leading biographical facts , together with a critical estimate of their works . The selections for special study , which are chosen to illustrate the distinguishing characteristics of each ...
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... writer . The present revised and somewhat enlarged edition will be found , it is hoped , a distinct improvement over its predecessors . Greater prominence has been given to the writers of the South and the West . Besides the study lists ...
... writer . The present revised and somewhat enlarged edition will be found , it is hoped , a distinct improvement over its predecessors . Greater prominence has been given to the writers of the South and the West . Besides the study lists ...
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... writers , the general character of the age in which they lived , and the physical and social conditions by which they were surrounded . This fact shows the in- timate relation between literature and history . 7. An American Literature ...
... writers , the general character of the age in which they lived , and the physical and social conditions by which they were surrounded . This fact shows the in- timate relation between literature and history . 7. An American Literature ...
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... writers . The literary history of France covers an equally extended period ; and already in the Middle Ages it counted several famous epics . In Germany the great " Nibel- ungen Lied " was composed in the twelfth century . While it is ...
... writers . The literary history of France covers an equally extended period ; and already in the Middle Ages it counted several famous epics . In Germany the great " Nibel- ungen Lied " was composed in the twelfth century . While it is ...
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... writers were colonists who had received their education in England . The culture of this country is distinctively English in origin and character ; the differ- ences are but modifications growing out of the new environment . We owe our ...
... writers were colonists who had received their education in England . The culture of this country is distinctively English in origin and character ; the differ- ences are but modifications growing out of the new environment . We owe our ...
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