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A Critical History of English Poetry

By: Herbert Grierson,J. C. Smith

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A Critical History of English Poetry

By: Herbert Grierson,J. C. Smith

This famous work was the result of the wartime collaboration of two Scottish scholars. Their tracing of the course of English poetry has been described by The Times Literary Supplement as a 'volume of masterly compression'. They deliberately spend most time on the greatest poets, believing that, significant as traditions and influences are, the great poet himself affects the spirit of his age and moulds the tradition he has inherited. At the same time, enough attention is paid to minor poets to make the book historically complete, and to fill in the most important links in the chain of poetic development. Thus Gower is here, as well as Chaucer; Patmore, as well as Browning. Both in scope and in detail A Critical History of English Poetry is a distinguished and valuable work.

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520

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A&C Black

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1472509013

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9781472509017

Milton and Wordsworth, Poets and Prophets

By: Herbert J. C. Grierson

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Milton and Wordsworth, Poets and Prophets

By: Herbert J. C. Grierson

Originally published in 1937, this book was formed from a series of lectures by renowned John Clifford Grierson on Milton and Wordsworth.

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197

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Cambridge University Press

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1107658527

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9781107658523

A Bibliography of Thomas Gray, 1917-1951

By: Herbert W. Starr

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A Bibliography of Thomas Gray, 1917-1951

By: Herbert W. Starr

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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164

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512818879

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9781512818871

Andersonville Violets

A Story of Northern and Southern Life

By: Herbert Winslow Collingwood

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Andersonville Violets

A Story of Northern and Southern Life

By: Herbert Winslow Collingwood

Within the walls of the infamous Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp, a Confederate guard and his Northern captive find their fates intertwined When John Rockwell, a Yankee captive at Andersonville, reaches across the prison's "dead line" to pluck a bunch of violets, Confederate guard Jack Foster is supposed to shoot him. Conflicted over thoughts of Lucy Moore, his girl back home, Foster lowers his gun. Spared, Rockwell lives to escape Andersonville, and Foster is discharged in disgrace. After the war, the paths of the two men are predictably divergent. Foster, as a symbol of the Confederacy, is a burned-out, bitter shell. Rockwell, as an emblem of the North, is thrifty and eager to make something of himself. When Rockwell's ambitions lead him to take charge of a rundown plantation in Foster's native Mississippi, the prisoner and guard find their paths crossing once again. The struggle of these men represents the post-war chasm between North and South and raises issues of forgiveness and renewal.

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316

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University of Alabama Press

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0817310614

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9780817310615

Pitcairn Island as a Port of Call

A Record, 1790-2010, 2d ed.

By: Herbert Ford

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Pitcairn Island as a Port of Call

A Record, 1790-2010, 2d ed.

By: Herbert Ford

Pitcairn Island is arguably the most isolated inhabited spot on Earth. Yet despite tricky ocean currents, often lethal surf and sudden gales, the island's standing as the home of the descendants of Fletcher Christian and his mutineer cohorts from H.M.S. Bounty has drawn thousands of ships to its shores. This maritime history of the island chronicles every ship that has called at Pitcairn from the time of the arrival of the mutineers in 1790 to December 2010. The ship's log format lists the date of each call, the ship's name and particulars, and brief reports of activities during the call, which often include matters of love, murder, survival, intrigue, shipwreck, romance, and much more. Since Pitcairn remains totally dependent on ships for its survival, this work offers the most thorough historical record of the island and its people.

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372

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McFarland

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0786488220

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9780786488223

America's War for Humanity; Pictorial History Of The World War For Liberty, Noted Historical And Military Writer, Member American Historical Association

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By: Thomas Herbert Russell

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America's War for Humanity; Pictorial History Of The World War For Liberty, Noted Historical And Military Writer, Member American Historical Association

in large print

By: Thomas Herbert Russell

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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858

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3387336810

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9783387336818

Boccaccio in England

From Chaucer to Tennyson

By: Herbert G. Wright

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Boccaccio in England

From Chaucer to Tennyson

By: Herbert G. Wright

Professor Wright's objective is to see Boccaccio in relation to the personality of the writers to whom he appealed and simultaneously to observe the changing taste of successive ages as it was revealed by their choice among Bocccaccio's writings. Boccaccio was also a Eurpoean literary phenomenon, and this study attempts to consider his fortunes on the Continent. In considering Chaucer's relation to Boccaccio, the author examines Chaucer's poems afresh, studying the Italian originals closely in order to ascertain the precise nature of the English adaptation or transformation. Various minor figures of English literature are also dealt with at some length due to the importance of Boccaccio's influence on their work.

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514

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A&C Black

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1472511042

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9781472511041

Epic

Britain's Heroic Muse 1790-1910

By: Herbert F. Tucker

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Epic

Britain's Heroic Muse 1790-1910

By: Herbert F. Tucker

Literary history has conventionally viewed Milton as the last real practitioner of the epic in English verse. Herbert Tucker's spirited book shows that the British tradition of epic poetry was unbroken from the French Revolution to World War I.

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748

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Oxford University Press

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0199232997

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9780199232994

The Complete English Poems

By: George Herbert

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The Complete English Poems

By: George Herbert

George Herbert combined the intellectual and the spiritual, the humble and the divine, to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century 'metaphysical' poets, and unusual imagery drawn from musical structures, the natural world and domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit and wordplay of 'The Pulley' and the formal experimentation of 'Easter Wings' and 'Paradise', to the intense, highly personal relationship between man and God portrayed in 'The Collar' and 'Redemption', the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love.

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385

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Penguin UK

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014196586X

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9780141965864

The Tenth Muse

Essays in Criticism

By: Herbert Read

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The Tenth Muse

Essays in Criticism

By: Herbert Read

This book, first published in 1957, is a collection of Herbert Read’s essays on various topics. The essays explore many different subjects and themes, including art, literature, religion and philosophy. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers.

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377

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Routledge

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1317429079

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9781317429074

Journal of Francis Buchanan

Kept During the Survey of the Districts of Patna & Gaya in 1811-1812

By: Francis Buchanan

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Journal of Francis Buchanan

Kept During the Survey of the Districts of Patna & Gaya in 1811-1812

By: Francis Buchanan

Kept During The Survey Of The District Of Patna & Gaya In 1811-1812.

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366

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Asian Educational Services

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8120604598

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9788120604599

Book's by Herbert Grierson

A Critical History of English Poetry

A Critical History of English Poetry

Milton and Wordsworth, Poets and Prophets

Milton and Wordsworth, Poets and Prophets

A Bibliography of Thomas Gray, 1917-1951

A Bibliography of Thomas Gray, 1917-1951

Andersonville Violets

Andersonville Violets

Pitcairn Island as a Port of Call

Pitcairn Island as a Port of Call

America's War for Humanity; Pictorial History Of The World War For Liberty, Noted Historical And Military Writer, Member American Historical Association

America's War for Humanity; Pictorial History Of The World War For Liberty, Noted Historical And Military Writer, Member American Historical Association

Boccaccio in England

Boccaccio in England

Epic

Epic

The Complete English Poems

The Complete English Poems

The Tenth Muse

The Tenth Muse

Journal of Francis Buchanan

Journal of Francis Buchanan

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