A history of English literature
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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Let us now praise famous men, ...
Such as found out musical tunes,
And recited verses in writing....
Their bodies are buried in peace;
But their name liveth for evermore.
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
A PRACTICAL TEXT-BOOK
EDWARD ALBERT, M.A.
GEORGE WATSON’S COLLEGE, EDINBURGH, AUTHOR OF “A PRACTICAL COURSE IN ENGLISH”
NEW YORK
Edward Albert
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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
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
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1350–1450)
LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1340–1400)
OTHER POETS
PROSE-WRITERS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1450–1550)
LITERARY FEATURES OF THE AGE
POETRY
PROSE-WRITERS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY STYLE
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
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
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
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
TIME-CHART OF THE CHIEF AUTHORS
THE TRANSITION IN POETRY
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1740–1800)
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
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
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
I. PROSE FORMS
II. THE NOVEL
III. THE ESSAY
IV. PROSE STYLE
V. THE DRAMA
VI. POETICAL FORMS
VII. MISCELLANEOUS FORMS (PROSE AND POETRY)
VIII. CHIEF METRICAL FORMS: PART I
IX. CHIEF METRICAL FORMS: PART II
II. BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM
INDEX TO EXTRACTS
GENERAL INDEX
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