English Literature From Widsith To The Death Of Chaucer

Author : Allen Rogers Benham
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ISBN 13 : 9781331229551
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book English Literature From Widsith to the Death of Chaucer written by Allen Rogers Benham and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Literature From Widsith to the Death of Chaucer: A Source Book The title of this venture is to be taken seriously; the work is a source-book, not an anthology nor a text-book; it exemplifies and urges in literary history the same methods that have long been successfully used in constitutional or political history. The differentia of anthology, text-book, and source-book merit further consideration. I take the anthology first; because, since this volume is a collection of quotations, it may most easily be confused therewith. But to point out the difference between them is not difficult. The object of an anthology is to present to a reader, who perhaps has neither time nor inclination to examine the whole product, samples of the best literary product of an epoch or of a nation - best in technique and in content, appealing to the taste which every cultivated person aspires to have. The object of a source-book is to present to a reader, who has perhaps little leisure and meager library resources at his disposal, such documents from an age as fundamentally explain the life, ideals, and spirit thereof. An anthology aims to form taste; a source-book, to train judgment. The former is a means to appreciation; the latter, to scholarship. What is the aim of a text-book in English literary history? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.