Illuminator, Makar, Vates: Visions of Poetry in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 10 |
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... begin to appear in number shortly after 1400 , the year of his death , each of the leading poets steps forward to lament his loss , assess Chaucer's position as an English poet , and define his own relation to his master . 23 About 1440 ...
... begin to appear in number shortly after 1400 , the year of his death , each of the leading poets steps forward to lament his loss , assess Chaucer's position as an English poet , and define his own relation to his master . 23 About 1440 ...
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... begins in darkness as Vesper and " Lucyne , " the evening star and the moon , retire and Phebus awakens . Faint hues appear in stanza 2 as Phebus greets Aurora , the dawn , and begins to rise . In stanza 3 , the sun shines its full ...
... begins in darkness as Vesper and " Lucyne , " the evening star and the moon , retire and Phebus awakens . Faint hues appear in stanza 2 as Phebus greets Aurora , the dawn , and begins to rise . In stanza 3 , the sun shines its full ...
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... begins in Lent , traditionally a time for reflec- tion . As the narrator rests in a sheltered place , he has a vision of a strange man who complains that the world is turned upside down ; people are preoccupied by their desires and ...
... begins in Lent , traditionally a time for reflec- tion . As the narrator rests in a sheltered place , he has a vision of a strange man who complains that the world is turned upside down ; people are preoccupied by their desires and ...
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