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... material which was later to be fruitfully employed by poets and romancers . Geoffrey was a Welshman , and drew on old British traditions , including the Welsh historians Gildas and Nennius . He gives us a picture of the Anglo- Saxon ...
... material which was later to be fruitfully employed by poets and romancers . Geoffrey was a Welshman , and drew on old British traditions , including the Welsh historians Gildas and Nennius . He gives us a picture of the Anglo- Saxon ...
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... material surviving in English , for example , but we know that the Charlemagne cycle was popular in England , for one of the earliest of the surviving manuscripts of the Chanson de Roland ( and the best ) was written in England , and ...
... material surviving in English , for example , but we know that the Charlemagne cycle was popular in England , for one of the earliest of the surviving manuscripts of the Chanson de Roland ( and the best ) was written in England , and ...
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... material when he found it serviceable or when he had to get something together in a hurry . This is truer of the beginning of his career than of Shakespeare in his maturity ; once his own genius found itself it took complete control and ...
... material when he found it serviceable or when he had to get something together in a hurry . This is truer of the beginning of his career than of Shakespeare in his maturity ; once his own genius found itself it took complete control and ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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