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George Philip Krapp
The Rise of English Literary Prose (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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This 1915 volume traces the evolution of literary English into ‘a highly developed and efficient means of expression’ from the early fourteenth century and the time of Wiclif until the early seventeenth century and the time of Bacon.

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George Philip Krapp (1872-1934) was a prolific American author and editor, specializing in Anglo-Saxon poetry. Among his best-known works are The Elements of English Grammar (1908), Modern English: Its Growth and Present Use (1910), In Oldest England (1912) and The English Language in America (1925).

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 572 ● ISBN 9781411454583 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5863904 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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