A history of English literature
Albert
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Of the actual facts concerning the origin of English literature we know little indeed.
The period is a long one, for it starts with the fifth century and concludes with the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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- PREFACESample
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- THE BEGINNINGS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE PERIOD
- THE LANGUAGE
- BEOWULF
- OTHER POETRY
- PROSE
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1050–1350)
- STATE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
- POETRY
- PROSE
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF STYLE IN POETRY
- EXERCISES
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1350–1450)
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1340–1400)
- OTHER POETS
- PROSE-WRITERS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1450–1550)
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
- POETRY
- PROSE-WRITERS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1550–1630)
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
- EDMUND SPENSER (1552–99)
- OTHER POETS
- PRE-SHAKESPEARIAN DRAMA: THE UNIVERSITY WITS
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616)
- POST-SHAKESPEARIAN DRAMA
- THE ENGLISH BIBLE: THE AUTHORIZED VERSION
- FRANCIS BACON, BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS (1561–1626)
- OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1630–60)
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
- JOHN MILTON (1608–74)
- OTHER POETS
- DRAMA
- SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605–82)
- OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1660–1700)
- THE NEW CLASSICISM
- JOHN DRYDEN (1631–1700)
- RESTORATION COMEDY
- OTHER COMEDY-WRITERS
- RESTORATION TRAGEDY
- POETRY
- PROSE-WRITERS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1700–50)
- THE AGE OF PROSE
- JONATHAN SWIFT (1667–1745)
- JOSEPH ADDISON (1672–1718)
- SIR RICHARD STEELE (1672–1729)
- DANIEL DEFOE (1659–1731)
- OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
- ALEXANDER POPE (1688–1744)
- OTHER POETS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE TRANSITION IN POETRY
- THE AGE OF TRANSITION
- SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709–84)
- JAMES THOMSON (1700–48)
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728–74)
- OTHER TRANSITIONAL POETS
- ROBERT BURNS (1759–96)
- OTHER POETS OF THE NEW SCHOOL
- SAMUEL RICHARDSON (1689–1761)
- HENRY FIELDING (1707–54)
- OTHER NOVELISTS
- EDWARD GIBBON (1737–94)
- OTHER HISTORIANS
- EDMUND BURKE (1729–97)
- OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1790–1830)
- THE RETURN TO NATURE
- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850)
- SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772–1834)
- LORD BYRON (1788–1824)
- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792–1822)
- JOHN KEATS (1795–1821)
- OTHER POETS
- WALTER SCOTT (1771–1832)
- JANE AUSTEN (1775–1817)
- OTHER NOVELISTS
- CHARLES LAMB (1775–1834)
- THOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785–1859)
- WILLIAM HAZLITT (1778–1830)
- OTHER WRITERS OF MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
- ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809–92)
- ROBERT BROWNING (1812–89)
- OTHER POETS
- CHARLES DICKENS (1812–70)
- WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811–63)
- GEORGE MEREDITH (1828–1909)
- OTHER NOVELISTS
- THOMAS CARLYLE (1795–1881)
- THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800–59)
- JOHN RUSKIN (1819–1900)
- OTHER WRITERS OF MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- EXERCISES
- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1890–1920)
- LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
- THOMAS HARDY
- JOSEPH CONRAD (1857–1924)
- HERBERT GEORGE WELLS
- OTHER NOVELISTS
- GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
- OTHER DRAMATISTS
- WRITERS OF MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
- THE POETS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
- GENERAL QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- APPENDIX I GENERAL TABLES
- I. PROSE FORMS
- II. THE NOVEL
- III. THE ESSAY
- IV. PROSE STYLE
- V. THE DRAMA
- VI. POETICAL FORMS
- VII. MISCELLANEOUS FORMS (PROSE AND POETRY)
- Part I.
- Part II.
- I. GENERAL WORKS
- II. BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM
- INDEX TO EXTRACTS
- GENERAL INDEX
- FOOTNOTES: