History of literature oriental and classics

By: D'Souza, LawrenceMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Cyber Tech 2010Description: 264pISBN: 9788178845562Subject(s): Literature | English literature | Anglo-Saxon- literature and historyDDC classification: 820.9 Summary: This book now fill a major gap by introducing both prose and poetry, literature and history, in an accessible style which communicates his own lifelong love of the subject. While it contains solid, insightful and sensible criticism of individual literary works, its over all historical organization suggests that old English literature was created in a cultural context that changed from one century to another. Especially attractive are the translations, at once accurate and colloquial, which disperse the antiquarian miasma hanging round the subject while keeping the vital touch of strangeness. History of Ancient Literature is an outstanding introduction to a difficult period of literary history.
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This book now fill a major gap by introducing both prose and poetry, literature and history, in an accessible style which communicates his own lifelong love of the subject. While it contains solid, insightful and sensible criticism of individual literary works, its over all historical organization suggests that old English literature was created in a cultural context that changed from one century to another. Especially attractive are the translations, at once accurate and colloquial, which disperse the antiquarian miasma hanging round the subject while keeping the vital touch of strangeness. History of Ancient Literature is an outstanding introduction to a difficult period of literary history.

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