14th Century Verse and Prose

14th Century Verse and Prose

Fourteenth Century Verse & ProseTwo periods of our early history promise most for the future of English...
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Author: Sisam, Kenneth,1887-
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14th Century Verse and Prose

14th Century Verse and Prose

¥2,053 ¥1,026

14th Century Verse and Prose

¥2,053 ¥1,026
Author: Sisam, Kenneth,1887-
Format: eBook
Language: English

Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose

Two periods of our early history promise most for the future of English literaturethe end of the seventh with the eighth century; the end of the twelfth century with the thirteenth. In the first a flourishing vernacular poetry is secondary in importance to the intellectual accomplishment of men like Bede and Alcuin (to name only the greatest and the last of a line of scholars and teachers) who, drawing their inspiration from Ireland and still more from Italy direct, made all the knowledge of the time their own, and learned to move easily in the disciplined forms of Latin prose. During the second the impulse again came from without. In twelfth-century France the creative imagination was set free. In England, which from the beginning of the tenth century had depended more and more on France for guidance, the nobles, clergy, and entertainers, in whose hands lay the fortunes of literature, had a community of interest with their French compeers that has never since been approached. So England shared early in the break with tradition; and during the thirteenth century the native stock is almost hidden by the brilliant growth of a new graft. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43736
Author: Sisam, Kenneth
Release Date: Sep 15, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Sisam, Kenneth, 1887-

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