Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 12Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page v
... poets , J. W. Lawrenberg , is said to have pronounced it the best book in the world , next to the Bible . * No * See Morhof's Unterricht von der Teutschen Sprache und Poesie , s . 335. The statement was repeated by Hackman in the b such ...
... poets , J. W. Lawrenberg , is said to have pronounced it the best book in the world , next to the Bible . * No * See Morhof's Unterricht von der Teutschen Sprache und Poesie , s . 335. The statement was repeated by Hackman in the b such ...
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... and was a faithful type and organ of these . But independently of all extrinsic considerations , this fable of Reinecke may challenge a judgment on its own merits . 66 Cunningly constructed , and not without a true poetic viii.
... and was a faithful type and organ of these . But independently of all extrinsic considerations , this fable of Reinecke may challenge a judgment on its own merits . 66 Cunningly constructed , and not without a true poetic viii.
Page ix
... poetic and prophetic . A true Irony must have dwelt in the poet's heart and head : here , under grotesque shadows , he gives us the saddest picture of Reality ; yet for us without sadness ; his figures mask themselves in uncouth ...
... poetic and prophetic . A true Irony must have dwelt in the poet's heart and head : here , under grotesque shadows , he gives us the saddest picture of Reality ; yet for us without sadness ; his figures mask themselves in uncouth ...
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... poets of his age , who , as a pious ecclesiastic , held in slight estimation all the profane materials of poetry , maintains , when speaking of his " Miracles de la Vierge , " which was completed in 1233 , that " Plus delitous sont si ...
... poets of his age , who , as a pious ecclesiastic , held in slight estimation all the profane materials of poetry , maintains , when speaking of his " Miracles de la Vierge , " which was completed in 1233 , that " Plus delitous sont si ...
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... poems . Nevertheless , it is obvious that , from their intercourse with the Normans and their acquaintance with the literature of their rivals , they soon became familiar ... poem by a Trouveur now extant on the subject ; older than the XV.
... poems . Nevertheless , it is obvious that , from their intercourse with the Normans and their acquaintance with the literature of their rivals , they soon became familiar ... poem by a Trouveur now extant on the subject ; older than the XV.
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