Word: marshes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There was a larger audience than usual at the third lecture by Professor Marsh last evening on the Peginnings of Modern Poetry. In his previous lectures he dealt with poetry in Provence and France, last evening with that of Italy. After the downfall of the empire, in the midst of the barbaric invasions and factional quarrels, Italy still kept her spirit of superiority over all surrounding races. She clung to the idea of Roman jurisprudence that all men are equal, hence she would not accept the spirit of feudalism and so fell into a number of small, disconnected states between...
...Beginnings of Modern Poetry. Italian Poetry before Dante. Professor A. R. Marsh. Sever...
...Beginnings of Modern Poetry. Italian Poetry before Dante. Professor A. R. Marsh. Sever...
Professor Marsh delivered his second lecture on the beginnings of modern poetry in Sever 11 last evening, A week ago, he spoke on the poetry of Provence; last evening. on the poetry of France proper. Both Provence and France had partaken of the civilizations of Greece and Rome, but France did not completely fall under their influence. Then, under Chalemagne, the interest in literature was once more awakened, the new culture showed itself independent of the old, and was so much the fresher and more original than the Provencial poetry...
...Beginnings of Modern Poetry. Old French Poetry. Professor A. R. Marsh. Sever...