English Literature

English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by William J. Long Styled by Limp ...

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PREFACE OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING ENGLISH PERIOD (450-1050) CHAPTER II. THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD ...

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TO MY FRIEND C H T IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS CONTINUED HELP IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK ...

PREFACE T HIS BOOK,WHICHpresents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Vic ...

PREFACE how he influenced his age, and how his age influenced him. (4) A study and analysis of every author’s best works, and of ...

PREFACE time to be spent upon the different subjects. Thus, to tell the story of Spenser’s life and ideals requires as much spac ...

PREFACE ysis. This seems to be a mistake, for two reasons: first, the average young person has no natural interest in such mat- ...

PREFACE Lo, with the ancient Roots of man’s nature Twines the eternal Passion of song. Ever Love fans it; Ever Life feeds it; Ti ...

OVERVIEW CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION–THE MEANING OF LITERATURE The Shell and the Book. Qual- ities of Literature. Tests of Literatur ...

OVERVIEW Mandeville. Summary. Bibliography. Questions. Chronology. CHAPTER V.THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING Po- litical Changes. Litera ...

OVERVIEW Questions. Chronology. CHAPTER VIII.PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION History of the Period. Literary Characteristics. John Dry ...

OVERVIEW ing. Minor Poets of the Victorian Age. Elizabeth Barrett. Rossetti. Morris. Swinburne. Novelists of the Victorian Age. ...

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING OF LITERATURE Hold the hye wey, and lat thy gost thee lede. Chaucer’sTruth On, on, you noble ...

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING OF LITERATURE Some such experience as this awaits us when we begin the study of literature, ...

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING OF LITERATURE The shroud of my last dew. Yesterday’s flowers that are yet in me Must needs m ...

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING OF LITERATURE beauty that was hidden from his eyes until the poet found it. In the same plea ...

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING OF LITERATURE of himself, but the measure of all literature, which makes us play truant with ...