The reasons why he ranks highest as a American fiction writer
① A skillful writer with an impressive sense of form.
All stories are tightly constructed.
Master of a classic literary style. (directness, clarity, firmness)
② Moral insight.
He looked more deeply and honestly into life and find
a power of love.
③ Mastery of symbolism.
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In 1861, he was born in Kraljevec where is located on the boarder between Austria and Hungary.
His father was railroader, so he was interested in technology civilization and the mysteries of nature .
In German-speaking countries, he started his work as a research worker of Goethe.
From 1900s he worked in Theosophical Society and used the method of mental science, called ‘Anthroposophia’
of the best of the lyrics (I Sing of a Maiden, Adam Lay Bound) may be of the 15th century.
- Middle English Lyrics are members of ancient genres, most of which had developed in France.
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The poet of I Sing of a Maiden visualizes
the mystery of the Virgin Birth in terms of the most natural ofmysteries, the falling Dew.
The very simplicity of the poet’s attitude achieves the most striki
Discovered" by the poet Henry Vaughan (Olor Iscanus)
Used "Orinda" as a pen-name
Wrote poetry principally to Mary Aubrey, her "Rosania“
After Mary's marriage Katharine's chief poetic "correspondent" became Anne Owen, or "Lucasia"
Poems by the Incomparable Mrs. K.P. (1664), which was withdrawn a few days after publication
Cotterell's "authorized" edition of the Poems appeared in
중세극의 발달단계
미사예배극(Liturgical drama)
중세에 교회는 신도들에게 성경의 내용을 효과적으로 전달하기 위해 연극적 요소를 가미하는 등의 노력을 하게 되었다. 미사예배극은 교회에서 성직자들이 성서의 주요한 사건이나 성자들의 생애를 소재로 음악에 맞추어 라틴어로 노래하거나 낭송하