In England literary consciousness had its beginning in the middle ages, and this book, originally published in 1943, describes and illustrates the first phases of the growth of a tradition…

Originally published in 1947, this volume reviews the critical achievement at the Renaissance. It discusses the ideas of literature then current in England, as revealed in contemporary theorizing and judgments.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This book is a scholarly edition of a medieval English poem called The Owl and the Nightingale. The poem is a satirical dialogue between two birds, who argue about their…