A history of English literature Papyras Classics

A history of English literature

by Edward Albert

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. The Beginnings
  4. The Historical Background
  5. Literary Features of the Period
  6. The Language
  7. Beowulf
  8. Other Poetry
  9. Prose
  10. The Development of Literary Forms
  11. The Development of Literary Style
  12. Exercises
  13. The Historical Background (1050–1350)
  14. State of the English Language
  15. Literary Features of the Age
  16. Poetry
  17. Prose
  18. The Development of Literary Forms
  19. The Development of Style in Poetry
  20. Exercises
  21. The Historical Background (1350–1450)
  22. Literary Features of the Age
  23. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)
  24. Other Poets
  25. Prose-Writers
  26. The Development of Literary Forms
  27. The Development of Literary Style
  28. Exercises
  29. The Historical Background (1450–1550)
  30. Literary Features of the Age
  31. Poetry
  32. Prose-Writers
  33. The Development of Literary Forms
  34. The Development of the English Bible
  35. The Development of Literary Style
  36. Exercises
  37. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  38. The Historical Background (1550–1630)
  39. Literary Features of the Age
  40. Edmund Spenser (1552–99)
  41. Other Poets
  42. Pre-Shakespearian Drama: The University Wits
  43. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
  44. Post-Shakespearian Drama
  45. The English Bible: The Authorized Version
  46. Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans (1561–1626)
  47. Other Prose-Writers
  48. The Development of Literary Forms
  49. The Development of Literary Style
  50. Exercises
  51. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  52. The Historical Background (1630–60)
  53. Literary Features of the Age
  54. John Milton (1608–74)
  55. Other Poets
  56. Drama
  57. Sir Thomas Browne (1605–82)
  58. Other Prose-Writers
  59. The Development of Literary Forms
  60. The Development of Literary Style
  61. Exercises
  62. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  63. The Historical Background (1660–1700)
  64. The New Classicism
  65. John Dryden (1631–1700)
  66. Restoration Comedy
  67. Other Comedy-Writers
  68. Restoration Tragedy
  69. Poetry
  70. Prose-Writers
  71. The Development of Literary Forms
  72. The Development of Literary Style
  73. Exercises
  74. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  75. The Historical Background (1700–50)
  76. The Age of Prose
  77. Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
  78. Joseph Addison (1672–1718)
  79. Sir Richard Steele (1672–1729)
  80. Daniel Defoe (1659–1731)
  81. Other Prose-Writers
  82. Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
  83. Other Poets
  84. The Development of Literary Forms
  85. The Development of Literary Style
  86. Exercises
  87. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  88. The Transition in Poetry
  89. The Historical Background (1740–1800)
  90. The Age of Transition
  91. Samuel Johnson (1709–84)
  92. James Thomson (1700–48)
  93. Oliver Goldsmith (1728–74)
  94. Other Transitional Poets
  95. Robert Burns (1759–96)
  96. Other Poets of the New School
  97. Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
  98. Henry Fielding (1707–54)
  99. Other Novelists
  100. Edward Gibbon (1737–94)
  101. Other Historians
  102. Edmund Burke (1729–97)
  103. Other Prose-Writers
  104. The Development of Literary Forms
  105. The Development of Literary Style
  106. Exercises
  107. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  108. The Historical Background (1790–1830)
  109. The Return to Nature
  110. William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
  111. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
  112. Lord Byron (1788–1824)
  113. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
  114. John Keats (1795–1821)
  115. Other Poets
  116. Walter Scott (1771–1832)
  117. Jane Austen (1775–1817)
  118. Other Novelists
  119. Charles Lamb (1775–1834)
  120. Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859)
  121. William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
  122. Other Writers of Miscellaneous Prose
  123. The Development of Literary Forms
  124. The Development of Literary Style
  125. Exercises
  126. Time-Chart of the Chief Authors
  127. The Historical Background
  128. Literary Features of the Age
  129. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92)
  130. Robert Browning (1812–89)
  131. Other Poets
  132. Charles Dickens (1812–70)
  133. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63)
  134. George Meredith (1828–1909)
  135. Other Novelists
  136. Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
  137. Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–59)
  138. John Ruskin (1819–1900)
  139. Other Writers of Miscellaneous Prose
  140. The Development of Literary Forms
  141. The Development of Literary Style
  142. Exercises
  143. The Historical Background (1890–1920)
  144. Literary Features of the Age
  145. Thomas Hardy
  146. Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
  147. Herbert George Wells
  148. Other Novelists
  149. George Bernard Shaw
  150. Other Dramatists
  151. Writers of Miscellaneous Prose
  152. The Poets
  153. The Development of Literary Forms
  154. The Development of Literary Style
  155. General Questions and Exercises
  156. Appendix I General Tables
  157. I. Prose Forms
  158. II. The Novel
  159. III. The Essay
  160. IV. Prose Style
  161. V. The Drama
  162. VI. Poetical Forms
  163. VII. Miscellaneous Forms (Prose and Poetry)
  164. VIII. Chief Metrical Forms: Part I
  165. IX. Chief Metrical Forms: Part II
  166. I. General Works
  167. II. Biography and Criticism
  168. Index to Extracts

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