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English Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama (Oxford History of English Literature Series)

Part of the Oxford History of English Literature series

Volume III in the Oxford History of English Literature, edited by F.P. Wilson and Bonamy Dobree. A definitive work of scholarship by Lewis.

Subject
historyliterary criticism
Themes
writers
Setting
renaissance
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 696 pages
Form
poetry

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