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... tradition of the peasant : now , by force of circumstances , the two streams of tradition were joined . Poets and story - tellers in homespun , humble carriers of an ancient culture , preserved until a century ago an oral tradition ...
... tradition of the peasant : now , by force of circumstances , the two streams of tradition were joined . Poets and story - tellers in homespun , humble carriers of an ancient culture , preserved until a century ago an oral tradition ...
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British Academy. · people a body of tradition and tradition - bearers and reciters of tales and popular poetry . To assume that interest in literature was confined to a small upper - class literary circle is quite unwarranted . Before ...
British Academy. · people a body of tradition and tradition - bearers and reciters of tales and popular poetry . To assume that interest in literature was confined to a small upper - class literary circle is quite unwarranted . Before ...
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... tradition and written literature have exercised considerable influence one on the other ; the early sagas contain a wealth of motifs borrowed from a still older orally preserved tradition : Gaelic medieval romance shows unmistakable ...
... tradition and written literature have exercised considerable influence one on the other ; the early sagas contain a wealth of motifs borrowed from a still older orally preserved tradition : Gaelic medieval romance shows unmistakable ...
Contents
LIST OF FELLOWS | 9 |
CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 14 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 14 |
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