A History of English Literature

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PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE - A TABULAR VIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE - REFERENCE BOOKS - I. PERIOD I. THE BRITONS AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS. TO A.D. 1066 - II. PERIOD II. THE NORMAN-FRENCH PERIOD. A.D. 1066 TO ABOUT 1350 - III. PERIOD III. THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. ABOUT 1350 TO ABOUT 1500 - IV. THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA - V. PERIOD IV. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH - VI. THE DRAMA FROM ABOUT 1550 TO 1642 - VII. PERIOD V. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1603-1660. PROSE AND POETRY - VIII. PERIOD VI. THE RESTORATION, 1660-1700 - IX. PERIOD VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, PSEUDO-CLASSICISM AND THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ROMANTICISM - X. PERIOD VIII. THE ROMANTIC TRIUMPH, 1798 TO ABOUT 1830 - XI. PERIOD IX. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD. ABOUT 1830 TO 1901 - A LIST OF AVAILABLE EDITIONS FOR THE STUDY OF IMPORTANT AUTHORS - ASSIGNMENTS FOR STUDY - INDEX - PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE

A TABULAR VIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

REFERENCE BOOKS

CHAPTER I - PERIOD I. THE BRITONS AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS. TO A. D. 1066.

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III - PERIOD III. THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. ABOUT 1350 TO ABOUT 1500

CHAPTER IV - THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI - THE DRAMA FROM ABOUT 1550 TO 1642