{The History of Western Literature}[6th February 1991]

[Redbook8:229-234][19910206:1545b]{The History of Western Literature}[6th February 1991]

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[The article ‘The History of Western Literature’* is photocopied in the ms at pp229-234 (pp216-217 being accidentally left blank, so all page subsequent page numbers were later increased by 2). Marginal cycle references are written-in throughout, most appearing to have been added later; most of these are not reproduced in the ts, except where they accompany extracts reproduced here. Highlighted or annotated extracts include those set out in the next few entries under this ms heading.]

[Annotated extract from the opening paragraph of ‘The History of Western Literature’]

‘The common literary heritage is essentially that originating in ancient Greece and Rome. It was preserved, transformed and spread by Christianity** and thus transmitted to the vernacular languages of the European continent, the western Hemisphere, and other regions that were settled by Europeans. To the present day, this body of writing displays a unity in its main features that sets it apart from the literatures of the rest of the world.’

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*(in 6 pages!) {(5, actually [excluding the bibliography])}

[Encyclopaedia Britannica 23: 225-234]

{(Also copied at XI: [] 310)}

**{(& Islam)}

***[Encyclopaedia Britannica 23: 225]

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