The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance
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In the preliminary statement of the aims and objects of this History, communicated to those who were invited to become contributors to it, the editors emphasised the following purpose of their undertaking: A connected account was to be given of the successive movements of English literature, both main and subsidiary; and this was intended to imply an adequate treatment of secondary writers, instead of their being overshadowed by a few great names. - Summary by Preface
Genre(s): Literary Criticism, Reference, Writing & Linguistics
Language: English
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