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Bartleby.com: Michael Drayton & Christopher Marlowe
Here you can find some famous quotations from both Michael Drayton and Christopher Marlowe, found in John Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition.
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Bartleby.com: Quotations of Thomas Middleton
A list of Middleton's famous quotations, found in Bartlett's book of Familiar Quotations.
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Bartleby.com: Modern American Poetry: Louis Untermeyer's "Prayer"
An example of Louis Untermeyer's poetry.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Sir John Suckling's Plays
Very brief and breezy excerpt about Sir John Suckling's plays. While he is better known for his poems, his plays do have some merit and deserve their status in the canon.
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Bartleby.com: Familiar Quotations From Sir John Suckling
This site has ten famous quotes from Sir John Suckling's plays and poems are featured here.
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Bartleby.com: Ben Jonson's Masques
This website takes a look at Ben Jonson's masques that he composed. It provides a couple as examples and dissects them to try to give better insight to Jonson's writing.
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Bartleby.com: Cavalier Lyrists Influence of Jonson
This site explores Ben Jonson's influence on other poets and dramatists.
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Bartleby.com: The Oxford Book of English Verse: Selected Shelley
Links to 13 poems written by Percy Shelley are offered at this site. It also has links to other 17th and 18th century writers.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: James A. Herne
This site contains a short summary of James A. Herne and his work. James A Herne lived from 1839-1901 and his work reflected the conditions of the soul. Mainly influenced by Darwin and George, he became a writer of realism.
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Bartleby.com: William Vaughn Moody
This site tells of the contributions to English Literature and theater that were made by William Vaughn Moody. It lists his plays, and tells the problems and faults with them.
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Bartleby.com: Daniel Webster.
This site gives many quotes from Webster's famous writings and speeches.
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Bartleby.com: Cavalier Lyrists: Richard Lovelace
This site provides a brief biography of Richard Lovelace and summarizes his importance in English literature.
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Bartleby.com: The Drama, 1860?1918, George M. Cohan
This page praises George M. Cohan (1878-1942) and his contributions to the realms of theater and music.
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Bartleby.com: Early English Comedy
Short discussion of John Heywood and his role in the development of English comedy. Includes some info on Heywood's plays.
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Bartleby.com: Nature of the Four Elements
Short synopsis and critical commentary on "The Interlude of the Nature of the Four Elements," a Medieval play with elements of a comedy and a morality. Also briefly discusses Thomas Lupton's "All for Money."
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Bartleby.com: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors
Familiar quotes compiled by John Bartlett from William Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors.
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Bartleby.com: Barltett's Familiar Quotations: Geoffrey Chaucer
A list of famous lines from Chaucer, mainly from "The Canterbury Tales."
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Bartleby.com: Later New England Historians
Describes the changing nature of historical writing during the later Colonial period in America.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Beginning of Verse, 1610 1808
Discussion of the earliest poetry in Colonial New England. Describes common themes and forms and identifies specific poets of the period.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Henry W Longfellow's Youth
Detailed biographical information about Longfellow's youth and early education. Discusses the influence of his native Maine. Describes Longfellow's first publication, at the age of 13, in a local newspaper.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Longfellow at Bowdoin College
Detailed information about Longfellow's years at Bowdoin College, his post-graduate studies in Europe, and his marriage to Mary Storer Potter.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Henry W Longfellow Matures
Discussion of the influence of Europe and the death of his wife on Longfellow's writing. Includes an analysis of his prose work, "Hyperion", and Longfellow's collection of poetry called "Voices of the Night."
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Bartleby.com: "The Voiceless" Full Text of the Poem
The text of "The Voiceless," a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes is provided here in full.