... social existence. In poetry it demanded new verse, new structures and revolutionary new views and visions. As a result, Europe saw a cultural and artistic hey-day, as symbolism and modernism in art and literature flourished throughout the continent, especially in France and Russia. In Britain the new epoch with all the complexities of modern civilization came to take the place of the ... basic disciplines first at Smith Academy, then at Milton College in Massachusetts. In 1906 he was admitted to Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and European literature, mainly of the Renai...

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... texts are indeed recognised subconsciously as belonging to a more respected class of literature than others. For example, the lofty status of the medieval poetry of Chaucer, of Shakespeare and Marlowe's renaissance plays, of Dickens and Hardy's austere Victorian novels might be among those cited by what society might consider a well read citizen. These works represent something of the culture and tradition ... institution, the reception of the masses and as a way of appreciating our literary heritage. There was no purposive judgement of texts by a metaphysical panel of critics, rather t...

• Word Count: 2215
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate