Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 235
... Elizabethan , and in common parlance the entire period of sixty or seventy years is still laxly termed the Eliza- bethan age . In point of fact , the adjectives ' Elizabethan ' and ' Jacobean , ' though con- venient , are misleading ...
... Elizabethan , and in common parlance the entire period of sixty or seventy years is still laxly termed the Eliza- bethan age . In point of fact , the adjectives ' Elizabethan ' and ' Jacobean , ' though con- venient , are misleading ...
Page 251
... Elizabethan writers made her name famous , conferred glory on her reign , and celebrated herself in extravagant terms , it was not because Elizabethan literature owed anything to her . In temper she was rather pre- Elizabethan , or at ...
... Elizabethan writers made her name famous , conferred glory on her reign , and celebrated herself in extravagant terms , it was not because Elizabethan literature owed anything to her . In temper she was rather pre- Elizabethan , or at ...
Page 287
... Elizabethan sonnet , and after this the fashion began rapidly to fade away . It is to be noted that several collections of sonnets probably belong to this short period of six years ( 1591-97 ) , although they were not then published ...
... Elizabethan sonnet , and after this the fashion began rapidly to fade away . It is to be noted that several collections of sonnets probably belong to this short period of six years ( 1591-97 ) , although they were not then published ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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