CONTENTS
[BOOK II—THE RENAISSANCE]
(CONTINUED)
[CHAPTER FIFTH]
[The Christian Renaissance]
[SECTION I.—Decay of The Southern Civilizations] 3
[SECTION II.—Luther and the Reformation in Germany] 7
[SECTION III.—The Reformation in England] 14
[SECTION IV.—The Anglicans] 34
[SECTION V.—The Puritans] 45
[SECTION VI.—John Bunyan] 58
[CHAPTER SIXTH]
[Milton]
[SECTION I.—Milton's Family and Education] 72
[SECTION II.—Milton's Unhappy Domestic Life] 76
[SECTION III.—Milton's Combative Energy] 78
[SECTION IV.—Milton's Personal Appearance] 83
[SECTION V.—Milton as a Prose Writer] 84
[SECTION VI.—Milton as a Poet] 100
[BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE]
[CHAPTER FIRST]
[The Restoration]
[Part I.—The Roisterers]
[SECTION I.—The Excesses of Puritanism] 132
[SECTION II.—A Frenchman's View of the Manners of the Time] 135
[SECTION III.—Butler's Hudibras] 137
[SECTION IV.—Morals of the Court] 140
[SECTION V.—Method and Style of Hobbes] 147
[SECTION VI.—The Theatre] 153
[SECTION VII.—Dryden and the Drama] 155
[SECTION VIII.—Wycherley] 157
[PART II.—The Worldlings]
[SECTION I.—Court Life in Europe] 168
[SECTION II.—Dawn of the Classic Spirit] 170
[SECTION III.—Sir William Temple] 173
[SECTION IV.—Writers à la Mode] 178
[SECTION V.—Sir John Denham] 185
[SECTION VI.—Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar] 188
[SECTION VII.—Superficiality of English Comedy] 195
[SECTION VIII.—Natural Characters] 198
[SECTION IX.—Artificial Characters] 202
[SECTION X.—Sheridan.—Decadence of the Theatre] 211
[CHAPTER SECOND]
[Dryden]
[SECTION I.—Dryden's Début] 222
[SECTION II.—Dryden's Family and Education] 223
[SECTION III.—Dramatic Theories of Dryden] 226
[SECTION IV.—The Style of Dryden's Plays] 236
[SECTION V.—His Merit as a Dramatist] 242
[SECTION VI.—His Prose Style] 252
[SECTION VII.—How Literature in England is Occupied with Politics and Religion] 257
[SECTION VIII.—Development of the Art of Writing] 263
[SECTION IX.—Dryden's Translations and Adaptations.—His Occasional Soul—Stirring Verses] 265
[SECTION X.—Misfortunes Of Dryden's Old Age] 271
[CHAPTER THIRD]
[The Revolution]
[SECTION I.—The Moral Revolution] 273
[SECTION II.—Brutality Of The People.—Private Morals.—Chesterfield and Gay] 273
[SECTION III.—Principles of Civilization in France and England] 281
[SECTION IV.—Religion] 286
[SECTION V.—The Pulpit] 292
[SECTION VI.—Theology] 300
[SECTION VII.—The Constitution.—Locke's Theory of Government] 305
[SECTION VIII.—Parliamentary Orators] 311
[SECTION IX.—Doctrines of the French Revolution Contrasted with the Conservative
Tendencies of the English People] 320
[CHAPTER FOURTH]
[Addison]
[SECTION I.—The Significance of the Writings of Addison and Swift] 327
[SECTION II.—Addison's Character and Education] 327
[SECTION III.—Addison's Seriousness.—His Nobility of Character] 333
[SECTION IV.—The Morality of Addison's Essays] 336
[SECTION V.—How Addison made Morality Fashionable.—Characteristics of his Style] 344
[SECTION VI.—Addison's Gallantry.—His Humor.—Sir Roger de Coverley.—The Vision of Mirza] 349
[CHAPTER FIFTH]
[Swift]
[SECTION I.—Concerning Swift's Life and Character] 360
[SECTION II.—Swift's Prosaic and Positive Mind] 368
[SECTION III.—Swift as a Political Pamphleteer] 371
[SECTION IV.—Swift as a Humorist.—As a Poet] 380
[SECTION V.—Swift as a Narrator and Philosopher] 389
[CHAPTER SIXTH]
[The Novelists]
[SECTION I.—The Anti-Romantic Novel] 402
[SECTION II.—Daniel De Foe] 402
[SECTION III.—The Evolution of the Eighteenth Century Novel] 410
[SECTION IV.—Samuel Richardson] 412
[SECTION V.—Henry Fielding] 424
[SECTION VI.—Tobias Smollett] 433
[SECTION VII.—Laurence Sterne] 437
[SECTION VIII.—Oliver Goldsmith] 440
[SECTION IX.—Samuel Johnson] 444
[SECTION X.—William Hogarth] 450