English Literature / Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World
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- ENGLISH LITERATURE
- ITS HISTORY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
- FOR THE LIFE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING
- WORLD
- A TEXT-BOOK FOR SCHOOLS
- WILLIAM J. LONG, PH.D. (Heidelberg)
- TO
- MY FRIEND
- C H T
- IN GRATITUDE FOR
- HIS CONTINUED HELP IN THE
- PREPARATION OF
- THIS BOOK
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION--THE MEANING OF LITERATURE
- CHAPTER II. THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-ENGLISH PERIOD
- CHAPTER III. THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD
- CHAPTER IV. THE AGE OF CHAUCER
- CHAPTER V. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING
- CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH
- CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE
- CHAPTER VIII. PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION
- CHAPTER IX. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE
- CHAPTER X. THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM
- CHAPTER XI. THE VICTORIAN AGE
- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
- FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTION--THE MEANING OF LITERATURE
- CHAPTER II
- THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-ENGLISH PERIOD (450-1050)
- CHAPTER III
- THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD (1066-1350)
- CHAPTER IV
- THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1350-1400)
- CHAPTER V
- THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING (1400-1550)
- CHAPTER VI
- THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620)
- CHAPTER VII
- THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660)
- CHAPTER VIII
- PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION (1660-1700)
- CHAPTER IX
- EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE (1700-1800)
- CHAPTER X
- THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM (1800-1850)
- CHAPTER XI
- THE VICTORIAN AGE (1850-1900)
- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Biography
- INDEX
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