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... French literature were developed , than the way in which the vague imaginations of the Celtic romances were metamorphosed by French writers into the unambiguous elegances of civilized life . Both the Chansons de Geste and the Romans ...
... French literature were developed , than the way in which the vague imaginations of the Celtic romances were metamorphosed by French writers into the unambiguous elegances of civilized life . Both the Chansons de Geste and the Romans ...
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... French literature were fluctuating and uncertain . It was a period of change , of hesitation , of retrogression even ; and yet , below these doubtful , conflicting movements , a great new development was germinating , slowly , surely ...
... French literature were fluctuating and uncertain . It was a period of change , of hesitation , of retrogression even ; and yet , below these doubtful , conflicting movements , a great new development was germinating , slowly , surely ...
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... literature of France . Every sentence , every verse that has been written in French since then bears upon it , somewhere or other , the imprint of the great Romantic Movement which came to a head in that year . What it was that was then ...
... literature of France . Every sentence , every verse that has been written in French since then bears upon it , somewhere or other , the imprint of the great Romantic Movement which came to a head in that year . What it was that was then ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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