Specimens With Memoirs of the Less-Known British Poets, Complete

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Cover of the book Specimens With Memoirs of the Less-Known British Poets, Complete by George Gilfillan, Library of Alexandria
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Author: George Gilfillan ISBN: 9781465514073
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: George Gilfillan
ISBN: 9781465514073
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
We propose to introduce our 'Specimens' by a short Essay on the Origin and Progress of English Poetry on to the days of Chaucer and of Gower. Having called, in conjunction with many Other critics, Chaucer 'the Father of English Poetry,' to seek to go back Further may seem like pursuing antenatal researches. But while Chaucer was the sun, a certain glimmering dawn had gone before him, and to reflect that, is the object of the following pages. Britain, when the Romans invaded it, was a barbarous country; and although subjugated and long held by that people, they seem to have left it nearly as uncultivated and illiterate as they found it. 'No magnificent remains
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We propose to introduce our 'Specimens' by a short Essay on the Origin and Progress of English Poetry on to the days of Chaucer and of Gower. Having called, in conjunction with many Other critics, Chaucer 'the Father of English Poetry,' to seek to go back Further may seem like pursuing antenatal researches. But while Chaucer was the sun, a certain glimmering dawn had gone before him, and to reflect that, is the object of the following pages. Britain, when the Romans invaded it, was a barbarous country; and although subjugated and long held by that people, they seem to have left it nearly as uncultivated and illiterate as they found it. 'No magnificent remains

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