English Poetry (1170-1892)Ginn, 1907 - 580 pages |
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... LAYAMON ( C. 1205 ) The Brut .. UNKNOWN AUTHOR ( before 1250 ) King Horn NICHOLAS DE GUILDFORD ? ( fl . 1250 ) The Owl and the Nightingale . UNKNOWN AUTHOR ( c . 1300 ) THE FOLLOWERS OF CHAUCER I 2 JOHN LYDGATE ( 1370 ? -1451 ? ) London ...
... LAYAMON ( C. 1205 ) The Brut .. UNKNOWN AUTHOR ( before 1250 ) King Horn NICHOLAS DE GUILDFORD ? ( fl . 1250 ) The Owl and the Nightingale . UNKNOWN AUTHOR ( c . 1300 ) THE FOLLOWERS OF CHAUCER I 2 JOHN LYDGATE ( 1370 ? -1451 ? ) London ...
Page xvii
... LAYAMON , the author of The Brut ( p . 2 ) , is a man of much greater ability . His work is a versified chronicle or history of Britain from the destruction of Troy to 689 A.D. It is based mainly upon a similar French poem , the Roman ...
... LAYAMON , the author of The Brut ( p . 2 ) , is a man of much greater ability . His work is a versified chronicle or history of Britain from the destruction of Troy to 689 A.D. It is based mainly upon a similar French poem , the Roman ...
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To us of the present day the most interesting parts of Layamon are those which deal with the story of King Lear , the coming of Hengist and Horsa , and , above all , the wars and death of King Arthur . The Brut contains about 30,000 ...
To us of the present day the most interesting parts of Layamon are those which deal with the story of King Lear , the coming of Hengist and Horsa , and , above all , the wars and death of King Arthur . The Brut contains about 30,000 ...
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... LAYAMON ( c . 1205 ) FROM THE BRUT Arthur for 30 to Cornwale Mid unimete ferde ; 31 Modred that iherde 32 And him togeines heolde 33 Mid unimete3 folke . Ther weore monie væie ! 35 Uppen there Tambre 30 . 38 Heo 37 tuhten to - gadere ...
... LAYAMON ( c . 1205 ) FROM THE BRUT Arthur for 30 to Cornwale Mid unimete ferde ; 31 Modred that iherde 32 And him togeines heolde 33 Mid unimete3 folke . Ther weore monie væie ! 35 Uppen there Tambre 30 . 38 Heo 37 tuhten to - gadere ...
Page 565
... Layamon , 2 Lindsay , Lady Anne , 309 Locker - Lampson , Frederick , 504 Lodge , Thomas , 130 Lovelace , Richard , 196 Lydgate , John , 48 Lyly , John , 107 Lytton , Robert , Lord , 544 Mallet , David , 260 Marlowe , Christopher , 125 ...
... Layamon , 2 Lindsay , Lady Anne , 309 Locker - Lampson , Frederick , 504 Lodge , Thomas , 130 Lovelace , Richard , 196 Lydgate , John , 48 Lyly , John , 107 Lytton , Robert , Lord , 544 Mallet , David , 260 Marlowe , Christopher , 125 ...
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