History of English Literature from "Beowulf" to Swinburne
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It is better to study even a little of the greatest authors than to read many books about them.
Selection has been necessary, and in the fields of philosophy and theology but a few names appear.
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- PREFACE.Sample
- LIST OF AUTHORS.
- ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE.
- ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIAN POETRY.
- ANGLO-SAXON LEARNING AND PROSE.
- AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
- GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH.
- LAYAMON'S "BRUT".
- THE ROMANCES IN RHYME.
- ALLITERATIVE ROMANCES AND POEMS.
- CHAUCER.
- "PIERS PLOWMAN." GOWER.
- THE SUCCESSORS OF CHAUCER.
- LATE MEDIAEVAL PROSE.
- MALORY.
- EARLY SCOTTISH LITERATURE.
- POPULAR POETRY. BALLADS.
- RISE OF THE DRAMA.
- WYATT AND SURREY. GASCOIGNE. SACKVILLE.
- PROSE OF THE RENAISSANCE.
- THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE AND PLAYWRIGHTS.
- OTHER DRAMATISTS.
- ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN PROSE WRITERS.
- LATE ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN POETS.
- LATE JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE PROSE.
- CAROLINE POETS.
- RESTORATION THEATRE.
- AUGUSTAN POETRY.
- AUGUSTAN PROSE.
- GEORGIAN POETRY. I.
- GEORGIAN POETRY. II.
- GEORGIAN PROSE. I. The Great Novelists.
- GEORGIAN PROSE. II.
- THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT.
- LATER GEORGIAN NOVELISTS.
- POETS AFTER WORDSWORTH.
- LATE VICTORIAN POETS.
- LATEST GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN NOVELISTS.
- HISTORIANS.