Author: JOHN MASEFIELDPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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AN ENGLISH PROSE MISCELLANY
Author: JOHN MASEFIELDAn English Prose Miscellany
Author: John MasefieldAn English Prose Miscellany
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Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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An English Prose Miscellany
Author: MasefieldPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358529023
Category :
Languages : en
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ENGLISH PROSE MISCELLANY
Author: John 1878-1967 MasefieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781362233923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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An English Prose Miscellany
Author: John MasefieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331009009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Excerpt from An English Prose Miscellany: Selected With an Introduction In a book of this size it is impossible to give specimens of every prose-writer of importance from the time of Caxton until the middle of the eighteenth century. Caxton began to translate the Recuyel of the Histories of Troy in 1469. Blake, with whom began the modern romantic movement, wrote his first notable poem almost exactly three hundred years later. During those three centuries, two, of our three great literary periods, passed through their course of promise, blossom, and decay. It would need several volumes of the size of this book to give representative passages from the writings of the prominent prose-writers of those three hundred years. All that one can do, in a single volume, is to bring together specimens, beautiful or interesting in themselves, from the works of some of those who have expressed the thought, and peculiar genius, of their countrymen. This book does not pretend to be exhaustive, or comprehensive. It has been the aim of its collector to include a number of passages of English prose, all of them of some special beauty or vividness, which, in their arrangement, will show the reader how English style has changed, from century to century. The specimens, the passages selected, do not appear to the best advantage, thus detached from their contexts. Most of the various stories and excerpts are complete in themselves, needing no preliminary or final passage to give them point or weight. But an anthology of prose should serve rather as a guide, or whet, to the reader, than as a serious work. At best, it can only interest the reader in certain writers, or certain kinds of writing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Celtic Miscellany
Author: Kenneth JacksonPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141935235
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It is a literature dominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and the power of the individual spirit are celebrated with astonishing imaginative force. Skifully arranged by theme, from the hero-tales of Cú Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.
An English Prose Miscellany, Etc
Author: John MasefieldEnglish Literary Miscellany
Author: Theodore Whitefield HuntPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A Miscellany of Men
Author: Gilbert Keith ChestertonPublisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 384967777X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Every new volume of Chesterton's essays seems more brilliant, breezily humorous, and astonishingly clever than the last. Nor must one hastily conclude that the author is not profound because he is constantly witty and frequently funny. On the contrary, he reasons admirably and sees keenly and justly. And this combination of snap and sparkle with underlying solid sense make him peculiarly attractive to clever people.