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... background ) . This was condensed from the much longer Ywain , ou le Chevalier au Lion of Chrétien ; the long speeches , designed to illustrate the psychology of the speaker and the courtly conventions under which both thought and ...
... background ) . This was condensed from the much longer Ywain , ou le Chevalier au Lion of Chrétien ; the long speeches , designed to illustrate the psychology of the speaker and the courtly conventions under which both thought and ...
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... background or the enclosing brackets which contain the play . In the foreground are the two pairs of lovers , the women constant , the men changing their affections as the magic herb " love in idleness " bids them . In the background is ...
... background or the enclosing brackets which contain the play . In the foreground are the two pairs of lovers , the women constant , the men changing their affections as the magic herb " love in idleness " bids them . In the background is ...
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... background , and there rises as the story proceeds a deep note of compassion , always characteristic of Henryson , very different from Chaucer's quizzical irony . The poem opens with a description of the poet trying to keep himself warm ...
... background , and there rises as the story proceeds a deep note of compassion , always characteristic of Henryson , very different from Chaucer's quizzical irony . The poem opens with a description of the poet trying to keep himself warm ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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