A History of English Prose Fiction
Publisher: Echo Library
Published: October 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781406811292
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Literary Criticism; Fiction - General
First sentence: IN the midst of an age of gloom and anarchy, when Feudalism was slowly building up a new social organization on the ruins of the Roman Empire, arose that spirit of chivalry, which, is its connection with the Christian religion, forms so sharp a division between the sentiments of ancient and modern times.