Bennett, Alan (1934– ) 383, 386,
402, 406
Bennett, Arnold (1867–1931) 327,
328, 329, 330, 331, 335, 358, 392,
414
Benoît de Sainte-Maure 42
Bentham, Jeremy (1748–1832) 235,
241, 266, 268
Beowulf 2, 18, 19, 24, 26, 28, 41–2,
88,277,375, 398, 402, 409
Berkeley, Bishop (1685–1753) 5, 183,
211, 212, 234
Bernart de Ventadorn (fl.c.1150–80)
40, 47
Betjeman, John (1906–1984) 376,
380, 394, 395, 396, 397
Bible translations 18, 25, 38, 44, 50,
83, 91
King James Version 87–9
biography 7, 110, 175, 310, 348, 358,
361, 402, 404, 410, 418, 419,
427–8
Blair, Eric see Orwell, George
Blair, Robert (1699–1746) 206
Blake, William (1757–1827) 7, 9, 13,
208, 227–8, 230, 282, 355, 362,
404
Bloomsbury Group 354, 357–8, 364,
408, 432, 433
Blunden, Edmund (1896–1974) 339,
343
Boethius (c.480–524) 18, 19, 27, 28,
48,60,91, 101
Book of Common Prayer 35, 88, 174
Book of the Order of Chivalry 71
Bond,Edward (1934– ) 405
Borges, Jorge Luis (1899–1986) 402
Boswell, James (1740–1795) 111,
211–12, 216–18, 220, 221, 427
Boucicault, Dion (1829–1890) 261,
316
Bowen, Elizabeth (1899–1973) 343,
365, 373, 374, 375
Bradbury, Malcolm (1932–2000)
381, 388, 410
Bradstreet, Anne, Mrs (c.1612–1672)
176
Brecht, Bertold (1898–1956) 367,
378, 372, 386, 405
Brenton, Howard (1942– ) 405
Britain a geographical term 5
Brittain, Vera (1893–1970) 339Brontë sisters 229, 246, 261, 285,
288, 289, 381
Brontë, Anne (1820–1849) 261, 289
Brontë, Charlotte (1816–1855) 261,
262,362, 427
Jane Eyre 287–8
Brontë, Emily (1818–1848) 261, 263,
289, 390
Wuthering Heights 261, 289–90,
296
Brooke, Rupert (1887–1915) 312,
328, 335, 336, 339, 343
Brookner, Anita (1928– ) 419
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605–1682)
146, 147, 148–9
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
(1806–1861) 261, 262, 277
Browning, Robert (1812–1889)
254–5,261, 263, 264, 274, 277–8,
279, 383, 311, 321, 330, 338, 356,
426
Brunanburh,Battle of 19, 33
Bunting, Basil (1900–1985) 357, 380
Bunyan, John (1628–1688) 53, 157,
163, 166–7, 169, 171, 174, 178,
182
Burbage, James (c.1530–1597) 112
Burgess, Anthony (1917–1994) 380,
388, 407, 410–11
Burke, Edmund (1729–1797) 5, 182,
209, 210,211, 212, 213, 217, 218,
219, 221, 238, 266
Burney, Fanny (1752–1840) 3, 200,
204, 211, 212, 220, 221,250, 251
Burns, Robert (1759–1796) 5, 208,
224–6, 257
Burton, Robert (1577–1640) 146,
147, 148, 203
Butler, Samuel (1613–1680) 164, 171
Butler, Samuel (1835–1902) 320
Butts, Mary (1890–1937) 362
Byatt,A.S.(1936– ) 392, 422, 415,
418, 433
Byrhtferth of Ramsey (late 10th
century) 34
Byron,George Gordon (1788–1824)
98, 101, 228, 233, 237–9, 240, 241,
244, 246, 247, 254, 268, 290, 291,
302, 314, 321, 362, 404C
Cædmon (fl.670) 4, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21–2,24,25, 17, 409Camden, William (1551–1623) 137
Campion, Thomas (1567–1620) 103,
105
Carew, Thomas (1594–1640) 141,
150, 151
Carey, Peter (1943– ) 392, 425
Carlyle, Thomas (1795–1881) 229,
235, 254, 255, 261, 262, 263, 264,
265–6, 267, 285, 287, 316
Carroll, Lewis (Rev. Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson)
(1832–1898) 1, 262, 263, 264,
306–7, 432
Carter, Angela (1940–1992) 381,
411, 415
Castiglione, Baldassare (1478–1529)
83–4, 91
Castle of Perseverance, The 67
Caxton, William (?1422–1491) 55,
64, 69, 70
Chanson de Roland 41, 61
Charles I (b.1600, King 1625–49) 8,
95, 134, 141, 146, 149, 151, 155,
157, 164
Charles II (b.1630), King 1660–85)
153, 158, 162, 164, 165, 167, 169,
171, 222
Chatterton, Thomas (1753–1770)
209, 210
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1342–1400)
4, 7,15,20,27, 38, 39, 40, 42,
43, 45, 50, 53, 55, 56–64, 65, 71,
72, 73, 77, 78,83, 84, 87, 92, 98,
110, 112, 137, 151, 171, 174,
236, 361
The Book of the Duchess 57, 58
The Canterbury Tales 41,51, 55,
57,59, 61–2, 64, 71
The House of Fame 57–8
The Knight’s Tale 63,97, 122
The Legend of Good Women 58–9
The Parlement ofFowls 55, 57, 58–9
The Romance of the Rose 57, 59
Troilus and Criseyde 39, 51, 60–1,
84, 126
Cheke, John (1514–1557) 89
Chekhov, Anton (1860–1904) 311,
314, 328, 361, 377, 382, 385
Chesterton, G.K. (1874–1936) 328,
330–1, 335, 355, 375, 431
chivalry 42, 54, 70
Chrétien de Troyes (fl.1170–90) 40,
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