Ronald Carter

“Writers in what we now call the Middle English period (late twelfth century to 1485) did not necessarily always write in English.…

— Ronald Carter

“There is a vast expanse of time before the Norman Conquest in 1066, from which fragments of literary texts remain, although these…

— Ronald Carter

“Richardson, however, remains a vital figure in the history of the novel, and of ideology. He initiates a discourse on sexual roles…

— Ronald Carter

“The novels of Daniel Defoe are fundamental to eighteenth-century ways of thinking. They range from the quasi-factual A Journal of the Plague…

— Ronald Carter

“During the period of the Renaissance, the English language changed very swiftly in keeping with rapid social, economic and political changes. However,…

— Ronald Carter

“In the eighteenth century, with the growth of publishing and with the intellectual climate of the Enlightenment, there was a great demand…

— Ronald Carter

“In terms of literary history, the publication of Lyrical Ballads in 1798 is seen as a landmark. The volume contains many of…

— Ronald Carter

“Literature before the Renaissance had frequently offered ideal patterns for living which were dominated by the ethos of the church, but after…

— Ronald Carter

“As a novelist, Scott's influence was immense: his creation of a wide range of characters from all levels of society was immediately…

— Ronald Carter

“Alongside the development of theatres came the growth of an acting culture; in essence it was the birth of the acting profession.…

— Ronald Carter

“The Romantic journey was usually a solitary one. Although the Romantic poets were closely connected with one another, and some collaborated in…

— Ronald Carter

“Old English poetry also contained a wide range of conventional poetic diction, many of the words being created to allow alliterative patterns…

— Ronald Carter

“Dryden was a highly prolific literary figure, a professional writer who was at the centre of all the greatest debates of his…

— Ronald Carter

“Literature is as old as human language, and as new as tomorrow's sunrise. And literature is everywhere, not only in books, but…

— Ronald Carter

“Old English poetry is characterised by a number of poetic tropes which enable a writer to describe things indirectly and which require…

— Ronald Carter

“Pearl introduces an original story, in a form which was to become one of the most frequent in mediaeval literature, the dream-vision.…

— Ronald Carter

“The Renaissance did not break completely with mediaeval history and values. Sir Philip Sidney is often considered the model of the perfect…

— Ronald Carter

“There is a remarkable degree of consistency in the way mediaeval literature affirms humanity. With all its faults, humanity emerges as more…

— Ronald Carter

“Beowulf stands out as a poem which makes extensive use of this kind of figurative language. There are over one thousand compounds…

— Ronald Carter

“As we have seen, French culture and language interacted with native English culture for several generations after the Norman Conquest. A common…

— Ronald Carter

“The ruinous deeds of the ravaging foe (Beowulf) The best-known long text in Old English is the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf himself…

— Ronald Carter

“The fairy or fantastic world replaces the classical Hades (or Hell) in Sir Orfeo, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight takes…

— Ronald Carter

“Later, Hobbes will stress the notion central to Augustan thinking, the binary of passion and reason: The Passions that encline men to…

— Ronald Carter

“Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) was a profoundly important analysis of human states of mind - a kind of early…

— Ronald Carter