Arthurian Literature and SocietyPalgrave Macmillan UK, 1983 M12 15 - 229 pages |
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Page 187
... Twain's A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court ( published in 1889 : the British edition dropped the place - name and then adjusted the rhythm to A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur ) . Like Huckleberry Finn , Twain's other major ...
... Twain's A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court ( published in 1889 : the British edition dropped the place - name and then adjusted the rhythm to A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur ) . Like Huckleberry Finn , Twain's other major ...
Page 196
... Twain's friend and literary confidante , was very unhappy about their trial and the editors of the Twain - Howells letters feel sure the episodes are linked ( 1967 , pp . 275-6 ) . An equally radical pressure is felt in the latter part ...
... Twain's friend and literary confidante , was very unhappy about their trial and the editors of the Twain - Howells letters feel sure the episodes are linked ( 1967 , pp . 275-6 ) . An equally radical pressure is felt in the latter part ...
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... Twain - Howells Letters , 1872-1910 ed . F. Anderson , W. M. Gibson , H. N. Smith ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press ) . Treece , H. ( 1956 ) The Great Captain ( London : Bodley Head ) . White , T. H. ( 1938 ) The Sword in ...
... Twain - Howells Letters , 1872-1910 ed . F. Anderson , W. M. Gibson , H. N. Smith ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press ) . Treece , H. ( 1956 ) The Great Captain ( London : Bodley Head ) . White , T. H. ( 1938 ) The Sword in ...
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the early British | 1 |
Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia | 38 |
Chrétien de Troyes | 68 |
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