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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

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