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... Scottish alliterative poems form a sequel and epilogue to that section of English literature to the study of which ... Scottish poet William Dunbar , who is rightly reckoned among the Scottish Chaucer- ians , so far departed from the ...
... Scottish alliterative poems form a sequel and epilogue to that section of English literature to the study of which ... Scottish poet William Dunbar , who is rightly reckoned among the Scottish Chaucer- ians , so far departed from the ...
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... Scottish audience . For early Scottish acquaintance with alliterative poetry , however , we have only one slender piece of evidence , the mention by Andrew of Wyntoun , writing his chronicle about 1420 , of three pieces attributed by ...
... Scottish audience . For early Scottish acquaintance with alliterative poetry , however , we have only one slender piece of evidence , the mention by Andrew of Wyntoun , writing his chronicle about 1420 , of three pieces attributed by ...
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... Scottish poets apparently surpassed their models both in quantity and quality . Their joint production extends to over 4,000 lines , rather more than double of what has been preserved on the English side . Among the older pieces , while ...
... Scottish poets apparently surpassed their models both in quantity and quality . Their joint production extends to over 4,000 lines , rather more than double of what has been preserved on the English side . Among the older pieces , while ...
Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 13 |
ROMANTIC POETRY AND THE FINE ARTS Warton Lecture on English | 101 |
BERKELEYS ARGUMENT ABOUT MATERIAL SUBSTANCE Philo | 119 |
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