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| Start of eBook | 1 |
| INDEX | 1 |
| NEW ENGLISH LITERATURE | 4 |
| INTRODUCTION | 4 |
| CHAPTER I: FROM 449 A.D. TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST, 1066 | 8 |
| BEOWULF | 16 |
| TRANSLATION | 17 |
| THE CAEDMONIAN CYCLE | 20 |
| TRANSLATION | 21 |
| THE CYNEWULF CYCLE | 23 |
| GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGLO-SAXON POETRY | 24 |
| ANGLO-SAXON PROSE | 27 |
| SUMMARY | 30 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 31 |
| LITERARY | 31 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 32 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER I: | 33 |
| CHAPTER II: FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST, 1066, TO CHAUCER’S DEATH, 1400 | 34 |
| THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN ENGLISH | 36 |
| LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD 1066-1400 | 40 |
| SUMMARY | 55 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 56 |
| LITERARY | 56 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 57 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER II: | 59 |
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| SUMMARY | 67 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 68 |
| LITERARY | 68 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 69 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER III: | 70 |
| CHAPTER IV: THE AGE OF ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 | 70 |
| ELIZABETHAN PROSE LITERATURE | 72 |
| FRANCIS BACON, 1561-1626 | 75 |
| THE NON-DRAMATIC POETRY—LYRICAL VERSE | 78 |
| EDMUND SPENSER, 1552-1599 | 80 |
| THE ENGLISH DRAMA | 84 |
| THE PRESENTATION OF ELIZABETHAN PLAYS | 90 |
| PRE-SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMATISTS | 95 |
| CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, 1564-1593 | 96 |
| WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 1564-1616 | 98 |
| GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | 107 |
| BEN JONSON, 1573?-1637 | 112 |
| MINOR DRAMATISTS | 115 |
| SUMMARY | 118 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 119 |
| LITERARY | 119 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 120 |
| THE DRAMA | 121 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER IV: | 124 |
| CHAPTER V: THE PURITAN AGE, 1603-1660 | 125 |
| THE PROSE OF THE PURITAN AGE | 127 |
| JOHN BUNYAN, 1628-1688 | 129 |
| THE POETRY OF THE PURITAN AGE | 132 |
| JOHN MILTON, 1608-1674 | 134 |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF MILTON’S POETRY | 138 |
| SUMMARY | 141 |
| REFERENCES FOR FUTURE STUDY | 142 |
| LITERARY | 142 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER V: | 143 |
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| JOHN DRYDEN, 1631-1700 | 149 |
| DANIEL DEFOE, 1659?-1731 | 152 |
| JONATHAN SWIFT, 1667-1745 | 154 |
| JOSEPH ADDISON, 1672-1719 | 158 |
| ALEXANDER POPE, 1688-1744 | 162 |
| SUMMARY | 166 |
| SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY | 166 |
| LITERARY | 167 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 167 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER VI: | 168 |
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| CHANGE IN LITERARY STANDARDS: ROMANTICISM | 170 |
| THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN NOVEL | 175 |
| PHILOSOPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL PROSE | 181 |
| OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1728-1774 | 183 |
| SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1709-1784 | 186 |
| SUMMARY | 189 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 190 |
| LITERARY | 190 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 191 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER VII: | 193 |
| CHAPTER VIII: THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM, 1780-1837 | 193 |
| WILLIAM COWPER, 1731-1800 | 200 |
| ROBERT BURNS, 1759-1796 | 202 |
| WALTER SCOTT, 1771-1832 | 205 |
| JANE AUSTEN, 1775-1817 | 208 |
| WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1770-1850 | 210 |
| SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, 1722-1834 | 216 |
| GEORGE NOEL GORDON, LORD BYRON, 1788-1824 | 220 |
| PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, 1792-1822 | 225 |
| JOHN KEATS, 1795-1821 | 229 |
| THOMAS DE QUINCEY, 1785-1859 | 234 |
| SUMMARY | 236 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 237 |
| LITERARY | 237 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 239 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER VIII: | 242 |
| CHAPTER IX: THE VICTORIAN AGE, 1837-1900 | 243 |
| THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, 1800-1859 | 252 |
| JOHN HENRY, CARDINAL NEWMAN, 1801-1890 | 256 |
| THOMAS CARLYLE, 1795-1881 | 259 |
| CHARLES DICKENS, 1812-1870 | 269 |
| WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, 1811-1863 | 273 |
| GEORGE ELIOT, 1819-1880 | 276 |
| ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, 1850-1894 | 279 |
| GEORGE MEREDITH, 1828-1909 | 282 |
| MATTHEW ARNOLD, 1822-1888 | 288 |
| ROBERT BROWNING, 1812-1889 | 291 |
| ALFRED TENNYSON, 1809-1892 | 298 |
| ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, 1837-1909 | 303 |
| SUMMARY | 310 |
| REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY | 311 |
| LITERARY | 311 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 312 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER IX: | 318 |
| CHAPTER X: TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE | 318 |
| THE NOVEL | 320 |
| POETRY | 324 |
| THE MODERN DRAMA | 329 |
| CELTIC DRAMATISTS | 334 |
| SUMMARY | 337 |
| CONCLUSION | 338 |
| REFERENCE FOR FURTHER STUDY | 338 |
| SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 339 |
| FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER X: | 340 |
| INDEX | 345 |
