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THE GERMAN IMAGE OF GOETHE
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THE STRUCTURE OF ALLEGORY IN
"THE FAERIE QUEENE"
By ALBERT C. HAMILTON. In the context of Elizabethan cntIclsm
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thoughts delight" sustained the poet as he wrote.
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SOME RECOLLECTIONS BY EMMA HARDY
Thomas Hardy's First Wife
Edited and introduced by EVELYN HARDY and ROBERT GIT–
TINGS. An essential sourcebook for all further study of H ardy's
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