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... tradition . But in Australia , Canada or New Zealand , the inherited tradition either meets the local impact resolutely , or literature becomes but a pale imitation of English literature . Like the passage from colonialism to Com ...
... tradition . But in Australia , Canada or New Zealand , the inherited tradition either meets the local impact resolutely , or literature becomes but a pale imitation of English literature . Like the passage from colonialism to Com ...
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... tradition as perennially vitalising as the cultural tradition of the West , or in the new states of Africa — is not only rich in its striking qualities but seems to have also a future full of possibilities . This variegated literature ...
... tradition as perennially vitalising as the cultural tradition of the West , or in the new states of Africa — is not only rich in its striking qualities but seems to have also a future full of possibilities . This variegated literature ...
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... tradition and to traditional ideals . The poem awakens the sense of the mysterious , the awful , and the sublime ; through perilous crises it uplifts and calms the strife of frail humanity . This is about the greatest common measure of ...
... tradition and to traditional ideals . The poem awakens the sense of the mysterious , the awful , and the sublime ; through perilous crises it uplifts and calms the strife of frail humanity . This is about the greatest common measure of ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF LITERATURE AND THe | 3 |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 21 |
BACKGROUNDS CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN | 42 |
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action Aeschylus Aristotle artistic ballad Basil Willey beauty Book C. S. Lewis century character Christian civilisation classical Collective Unconscious creation creative critic D. H. Lawrence death Divine drama E. M. Forster earth elements emotion England English literature epic essay experience expression feeling fiction Greek Hamartia heart Heaven heroic Homer human humour imagination India inner intellectual language lines literary lyric matter meaning mediaeval metre Milton mind modern movement myths narrative nature novel novelist Oedipus Paradise Lost passions personality philosophy play plot poem poet poet's poetic poetry political prose psychic R. K. Narayan Rasa reader realise reality Renaissance rhyme rhythm Romantic Romanticism Samson satire says sense sensibility Shakespeare social society sonnet Sophocles soul speech spirit Sri Aurobindo story style sublime symbol symbolistic T. S. Eliot theme things thought tion tradition trochees truth ture unity verse vision whole words writing