Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page viii
... early history of American literature and to Professor Whitcomb's " Outlines . " For the use of copyright material- thanks are due to Houghton , Mifflin & Co. , the editor of the " Boston Pilot , " Small , Maynard & Co. , The Lothrop ...
... early history of American literature and to Professor Whitcomb's " Outlines . " For the use of copyright material- thanks are due to Houghton , Mifflin & Co. , the editor of the " Boston Pilot , " Small , Maynard & Co. , The Lothrop ...
Page ix
... EARLY DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I PERIOD OF PREPARATION CHAPTER II PERIOD OF THE LATER EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . Epic Verse Lyric Verse . The Drama • History and Biography . Fiction . Exposition Oratory · PART TWO PAGE I • • 3 16 31 75 80 85 0055 ...
... EARLY DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I PERIOD OF PREPARATION CHAPTER II PERIOD OF THE LATER EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . Epic Verse Lyric Verse . The Drama • History and Biography . Fiction . Exposition Oratory · PART TWO PAGE I • • 3 16 31 75 80 85 0055 ...
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... Literature is later in its development than verse . This is not because men spoke in verse before they spoke in prose . It is probably because in the earliest and simplest times men depended upon memory for the 22 Introduction.
... Literature is later in its development than verse . This is not because men spoke in verse before they spoke in prose . It is probably because in the earliest and simplest times men depended upon memory for the 22 Introduction.
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... earliest American Prose is better than the earliest American Verse , which is one of the characteristics of American Literature , due to the fact that it is not original , but derived from the British . The only way to classify Prose ...
... earliest American Prose is better than the earliest American Verse , which is one of the characteristics of American Literature , due to the fact that it is not original , but derived from the British . The only way to classify Prose ...
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... later in development than Verse ? What is Narration , and what are its three chief divisions ? What is Exposition ? What are the chief forms of Oratory ? PART ONE ORIGIN AND EARLY DEVELOP- MENT 1607-1800 VIRGINIA UNTVN 28 Introduction.
... later in development than Verse ? What is Narration , and what are its three chief divisions ? What is Exposition ? What are the chief forms of Oratory ? PART ONE ORIGIN AND EARLY DEVELOP- MENT 1607-1800 VIRGINIA UNTVN 28 Introduction.
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