Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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Page 17
... themes representing Moslem lands and characters , the first and greatest being Marlowe's Tamburlaine . In Marlowe's ... theme of two plays . Sometimes characters from earlier history appeared on the stage - the Moslem invaders of Spain ...
... themes representing Moslem lands and characters , the first and greatest being Marlowe's Tamburlaine . In Marlowe's ... theme of two plays . Sometimes characters from earlier history appeared on the stage - the Moslem invaders of Spain ...
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... theme . Not Dryden , however , but Roger Boyle , first Earl of Orrery , had the honor of placing the first heroic play on the stage . The Generall , first performed in 1662 , was followed by his Henry V , Mustapha , and The Black Prince ...
... theme . Not Dryden , however , but Roger Boyle , first Earl of Orrery , had the honor of placing the first heroic play on the stage . The Generall , first performed in 1662 , was followed by his Henry V , Mustapha , and The Black Prince ...
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... theme that " natural " religion may arrive at the same point of view as revelation . 1. .Ockley , The Sentences of Ali in The History of the Saracens , II , 329 f . 2. Quoted by Emerson in " Self - Reliance . " Compare John Burroughs ...
... theme that " natural " religion may arrive at the same point of view as revelation . 1. .Ockley , The Sentences of Ali in The History of the Saracens , II , 329 f . 2. Quoted by Emerson in " Self - Reliance . " Compare John Burroughs ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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