[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