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... England , to celebrate the glories of England and her queen . What particularly attracted attention to Euphues and still gives it more than a curiosity value is Lyly's style . Parodied in his lifetime by Shakespeare among others , and ...
... England , to celebrate the glories of England and her queen . What particularly attracted attention to Euphues and still gives it more than a curiosity value is Lyly's style . Parodied in his lifetime by Shakespeare among others , and ...
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... England ' was in some measure the Cambridge counterpart of the Oxford Movement . Like that , and like the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood , it was an expression of that general reaction against the industrial revolution , utilitarianism ...
... England ' was in some measure the Cambridge counterpart of the Oxford Movement . Like that , and like the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood , it was an expression of that general reaction against the industrial revolution , utilitarianism ...
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... England at the time . The true theme of the novel is the class - struggle and its solution in terms of the policy of ' Young England ' . The sub - title , ' The Two Nations ' , explains the book . It was the first novel , for Mrs ...
... England at the time . The true theme of the novel is the class - struggle and its solution in terms of the policy of ' Young England ' . The sub - title , ' The Two Nations ' , explains the book . It was the first novel , for Mrs ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
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