History of English Literature Volume 1 (of 3)
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- PrefaceSample
- HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE PAINE
- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
- V. The three primordial forces.—Race
- Preface
- CHAPTER FIRST
- Preface
- Book III. Metre 12.
- Preface
- CHAPTER SECOND
- SECTION VI.—Feudal Civilization
- Preface
- CHAPTER THIRD
- SECTION V.—The Art of Chaucer
- Preface
- PART I.—Manners of the Time
- PART II.—Poetry
- SECTION III.—Surrey's Style
- Preface
- PART III.—Prose
- SECTION III.—Robert Burton
- Preface
- Act IV; Webster, passim.
- CHAPTER SECOND
- SECTION IV.—The Poets of the Period
- SECTION VII.—Female Characters
- Act IV. sc. 2 and 4. See also the character of Calypso
- CHAPTER THIRD
- SECTION IV.—Comedies
- Preface
- CHAPTER FOURTH
- SECTION IV.—Dramatis Personæ
- SECTION IX.—Characteristics of Shakespeare's Genius
- Preface
- Act III. Scene 4.
- Act IV. 2.
- Act I.