English Literature

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  • PREFACE

  • OVERVIEW

    • OF LITERATURE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—THE MEANING

    • ENGLISH PERIOD (450-1050) CHAPTER II. THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-

    • OUR FIRST POETRY

    • ANGLO-SAXON LIFE

      • PERIOD CHRISTIAN WRITERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON



    • DECLINE OF NORTHUMBRIAN LITERATURE.

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.

    • SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

    • (1066-1350) CHAPTER III. THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD

    • HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

    • LITERATURE OF THE NORMAN PERIOD



  • CHAPTER IV. THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1350-1400)

    • THE NEW NATIONAL LIFE AND LITERATURE

    • CHAUCER’S CONTEMPORARIES

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.



      1. CHAPTER V. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING (1400-



    • HISTORY OF THE PERIOD

    • LITERATURE OF THE REVIVAL

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.



  • CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620)

    • HISTORY OF THE PERIOD

      • BETHAN AGE THE NON-DRAMATIC POETS OF THE ELIZA-



    • THE FIRST ENGLISH DRAMATISTS

      • DRAMA PERIODS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE



    • CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593)

    • SHAKESPEARE

    • THE PROSE WRITERS

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.



  • CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660)

    • HISTORICAL SUMMARY

    • LITERATURE OF THE PURITAN PERIOD

    • PROSE WRITERS OF THE PURITAN PERIOD

    • MINOR PROSE WRITERS

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.

    • (1660-1700) CHAPTER VIII. PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION

    • THE AGE OF FRENCH INFLUENCE

    • TURE (1700-1800) CHAPTER IX. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERA-

    • AUGUSTAN OR CLASSIC AGE

    • THE REVIVAL OF ROMANTIC POETRY

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.



      1. CHAPTER X. THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM (1800-



      • LITERATURE THE SECOND CREATIVE PERIOD OF ENGLISH



    • THE POETS OF ROMANTICISM

    • PROSE WRITERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

    • BIBLIOGRAPHY.



  • CHAPTER XI. THE VICTORIAN AGE (1850-1900)

    • UNREST THE MODERN PERIOD OF PROGRESS AND

    • THE POETS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE

    • THE NOVELISTS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE

    • ESSAYISTS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE



  • APPENDIX

    • GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

    • CHRONOLOGY



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