A history of English literature

Albert

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• PREFACESample
• THE BEGINNINGS
• THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE PERIOD
• THE LANGUAGE
• OTHER POETRY
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD
• STATE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF STYLE IN POETRY
• THE AGE OF CHAUCER
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• OTHER POETS
• PROSE-WRITERS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• PROSE-WRITERS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
• M. Mumble.
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• OTHER POETS
• Preface
• 2 Henry IV
• POST-SHAKESPEARIAN DRAMA
• Preface
• OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• OTHER POETS
• OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• EXERCISES
• TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
• THE NEW CLASSICISM
• RESTORATION COMEDY
• OTHER COMEDY-WRITERS
• RESTORATION TRAGEDY
• PROSE-WRITERS
• Preface
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
• THE AGE OF PROSE
• OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
• Preface
• Part II
• THE TRANSITION IN POETRY
• THE AGE OF TRANSITION
• SLOW RISES WORTH BY POVERTY OPPRESSED
• OTHER TRANSITIONAL POETS
• Preface
• OTHER POETS OF THE NEW SCHOOL
• OTHER NOVELISTS
• Preface
• OTHER HISTORIANS
• OTHER PROSE-WRITERS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• EXERCISES
• TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
• THE RETURN TO NATURE
• Preface
• OTHER POETS
• Preface
• OTHER NOVELISTS
• OTHER WRITERS OF MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• M. Edgeworth
• THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• OTHER POETS
• Preface
• OTHER NOVELISTS
• Preface
• OTHER WRITERS OF MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
• D. G. Rossetti
• D. G. Rossetti
• THE POST-VICTORIAN AGE
• LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
• THOMAS HARDY
• HERBERT GEORGE WELLS
• OTHER NOVELISTS
• GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
• Preface
• OTHER DRAMATISTS
• WRITERS OF MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
• THE POETS
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
• GENERAL QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
• GENERAL TABLES
• VII. MISCELLANEOUS FORMS (PROSE AND POETRY)
• VIII. CHIEF METRICAL FORMS: PART I
• I. GENERAL WORKS
• II. BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM
• C. Cowden-Clarke.
• III. ESSAYS ON LITERARY SUBJECTS.
• INDEX TO EXTRACTS
• GENERAL INDEX
• FOOTNOTES: