English Literature eBook

William Joseph Long

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
CHAPTER V. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING	1
CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH	1
CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE	1
CHAPTER VIII. PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION	1
CHAPTER IX. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE	1
CHAPTER X. THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM	1
CHAPTER XI. THE VICTORIAN AGE	2
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY	2
INDEX	2
CHAPTER I	2
CHAPTER II	8
I. OUR FIRST POETRY	8
II. ANGLO-SAXON LIFE	17
III. CHRISTIAN WRITERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD	21
BEDE (673-735)	22
CYNEWULF (Eighth Century)	25
ALFRED (848-901)	27
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.[41]	30
CHAPTER III	33
I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION	33
II. LITERATURE OF THE NORMAN PERIOD	35
CHAPTER IV	47
THE NEW NATIONAL LIFE AND LITERATURE	47
CHAUCER (1340?-1400)	48
CHAUCER’S CONTEMPORARIES	56
JOHN WYCLIF (1324?-1384)	58
JOHN MANDEVILLE	59
CHAPTER V	63
I. HISTORY OF THE PERIOD	63
II. LITERATURE OF THE REVIVAL	65
CHAPTER VI	70
I. HISTORY OF THE PERIOD	70
II. THE NON-DRAMATIC POETS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE	72
MINOR POETS	80
III. THE FIRST ENGLISH DRAMATISTS	82
PERIODS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAMA	83
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593)	93
IV. SHAKESPEARE	96
V. SHAKESPEARE’S CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS IN THE DRAMA	107
BEN JONSON (1573?-1637)	109
VI. THE PROSE WRITERS	115
CHAPTER VII	130
I. HISTORICAL SUMMARY	130
II. LITERATURE OF THE PURITAN PERIOD	134
JOHN DONNE (1573-1631)	136
GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633)	138
JOHN MILTON (1608-1674)	142
III. PROSE WRITERS OF THE PURITAN PERIOD	153
MINOR PROSE WRITERS	160
CHAPTER VIII	167
THE AGE OF FRENCH INFLUENCE	167
JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700)	172
CHAPTER IX	183
I. AUGUSTAN OR CLASSIC AGE	183
ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744)	187
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)	191
JOSEPH ADDISON (1672-1719)	197
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)	202
BOSWELL’S “LIFE OF JOHNSON”	207
EDMUND BURKE (1729—1797)	210
EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794)	213
II. THE REVIVAL OF ROMANTIC POETRY	215
THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771)	217
OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-1774)	219
WILLIAM COWPER (1731—1800)	223
ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)	225
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)	230
MINOR POETS OF THE REVIVAL	233
III. THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVELISTS	237
DANIEL DEFOE (1661(?)-1731)	242
SAMUEL RICHARDSON (1689-1761)	245
HENRY FIELDING (1707-1754)	247
SMOLLETT AND STERNE	248
CHAPTER X	261
THE SECOND CREATIVE PERIOD OF ENGLISH LITERATURE	261
I. THE POETS OF ROMANTICISM	265
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)	273
ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843)	278
WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)	279
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788-1824)	286
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822)	290
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)	295
II. PROSE WRITERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD	300
CHARLES LAMB (1775-1834)	301
THOMAS DE QUINCY (1785-1859)	303
JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817)	307
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR (1775-1864)	310
CHAPTER XI	321
THE MODERN PERIOD OF PROGRESS AND UNREST	321
I. THE POETS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE	325
ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889)	332
MINOR POETS OF THE VISTORIAN AGE	340
II. THE NOVELISTS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE	344
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863)	351
MARY ANN EVANS, GEORGE ELIOT (1819-1880)	357
MINOR NOVELISTS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE	363
III. ESSAYISTS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE	368
THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881)	373
JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)	380
MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888)	386
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1801-1890)	391
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY	405
INDEX	408

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