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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... poets since Chaucer . The originality and mastery of the ' new poet , ' as Spenser began im- mediately to be styled , was admitted at once . Shepherd's Calendar was anonymous , and con- sisted of twelve eclogues , as they may all be ...
... poets since Chaucer . The originality and mastery of the ' new poet , ' as Spenser began im- mediately to be styled , was admitted at once . Shepherd's Calendar was anonymous , and con- sisted of twelve eclogues , as they may all be ...
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... poet issued his Four Hymns he was living at Greenwich , where Queen Elizabeth had a palace . He was extremely active in the year 1596 , doubtless availing himself of the fact that he was closer to London to publish the various miscel ...
... poet issued his Four Hymns he was living at Greenwich , where Queen Elizabeth had a palace . He was extremely active in the year 1596 , doubtless availing himself of the fact that he was closer to London to publish the various miscel ...
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... poet whom Shakespeare depicts as his chief rival is with much probability identified with the young poet and scholar Barnabe Barnes , a poetic panegyrist of Southampton and a prolific sonneteer , whose promise , widely acknowledged at ...
... poet whom Shakespeare depicts as his chief rival is with much probability identified with the young poet and scholar Barnabe Barnes , a poetic panegyrist of Southampton and a prolific sonneteer , whose promise , widely acknowledged at ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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