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... existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul , a new language was at the same time slowly evolved . This language , in spite of the complex influences which went to the making of the nationality of France , was of a ...
... existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul , a new language was at the same time slowly evolved . This language , in spite of the complex influences which went to the making of the nationality of France , was of a ...
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... existence . Previous to that date , two main movements are discernible in French dramatic art— one carrying on the medieval traditions of the mystery- and miracle - play , and culminating , early in the seven- teenth century , with the ...
... existence . Previous to that date , two main movements are discernible in French dramatic art— one carrying on the medieval traditions of the mystery- and miracle - play , and culminating , early in the seven- teenth century , with the ...
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... existence as an engine of rhetoric , not as an engine of truth . Nevertheless and this was the second effect of its introduction — in the long run the realistic impulse in French literature was also immensely strengthened . The ...
... existence as an engine of rhetoric , not as an engine of truth . Nevertheless and this was the second effect of its introduction — in the long run the realistic impulse in French literature was also immensely strengthened . The ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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