Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themsel…

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Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the scheme. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1990). Poetry and prose in the sixteenth century, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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