Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American LiteratureDonald Davie's major essays on British and American writers from Chaucer to Browning. |
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... John Adams as an ornament of American literature is not different from reading him as a shrewd observer of the political arena ; and this is to reject , as untrue to the experience of reading John Adams vigilantly and with sympathy ...
... John Adams as an ornament of American literature is not different from reading him as a shrewd observer of the political arena ; and this is to reject , as untrue to the experience of reading John Adams vigilantly and with sympathy ...
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... John 83 , 144 , 215-17 , 220 ; Johnson's ' Life ' of , 215 De Quincey , Thomas 254-5 , 257 , 272 Descartes , René 81 ... John 57 , 62 , 93-4 , 100 , 102 , 145 , 216 , 228 , 305 Dorn , Edward 212-13 Dowland , John 32 , 35 Drinkwater ...
... John 83 , 144 , 215-17 , 220 ; Johnson's ' Life ' of , 215 De Quincey , Thomas 254-5 , 257 , 272 Descartes , René 81 ... John 57 , 62 , 93-4 , 100 , 102 , 145 , 216 , 228 , 305 Dorn , Edward 212-13 Dowland , John 32 , 35 Drinkwater ...
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... John 199-213 Lever , Charles 98 Lewis , C.S. 83 , 94 Leyburn , Ellen Douglass 124 Locke , John 81 , 88-90 , 94-6 , 100 , 136-7 Lockhart , John Gibson 276-7 , 301 Lovejoy , Arthur O. 233 , 248 Lowe , R.L. 319 Lowell , Robert 33 , 68 Luce ...
... John 199-213 Lever , Charles 98 Lewis , C.S. 83 , 94 Leyburn , Ellen Douglass 124 Locke , John 81 , 88-90 , 94-6 , 100 , 136-7 Lockhart , John Gibson 276-7 , 301 Lovejoy , Arthur O. 233 , 248 Lowe , R.L. 319 Lowell , Robert 33 , 68 Luce ...
Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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