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David Daiches. kinds were to be found in prose , while in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle a tradition of historical prose was maintained for centuries . Copying of Anglo - Saxon prose works went on assiduously in monasteries after the ...
David Daiches. kinds were to be found in prose , while in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle a tradition of historical prose was maintained for centuries . Copying of Anglo - Saxon prose works went on assiduously in monasteries after the ...
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... prose most of which can hardly be called strictly " literature , " yet which , in ad- dition to providing an occasional work of real literary merit , provides an interesting view of the state of English prose style and the vari- ous ...
... prose most of which can hardly be called strictly " literature , " yet which , in ad- dition to providing an occasional work of real literary merit , provides an interesting view of the state of English prose style and the vari- ous ...
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... prose of the century was that of Malory's Arthurian stories , already discussed in Chapter 5. Malory's prose , magnificent though it is for its purpose , had no significant influence on the future course of English prose narrative ; it ...
... prose of the century was that of Malory's Arthurian stories , already discussed in Chapter 5. Malory's prose , magnificent though it is for its purpose , had no significant influence on the future course of English prose narrative ; it ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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