History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)
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- #THE WORLD'S# GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY COMMITTEE TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D. LLD. RICHARD HENRY STODDARD ARTHUR RICHMOND MARSH. A.B. PAVL VAN DYKE, D.D. ALBERT ELLERY BERGH
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- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
- HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE
- TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY HENRY VAN LAUN WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY J. SCOTT CLARK, A. M.
- CONTENTS
- BOOK II—THE RENAISSANCE (CONTINUED)
- CHAPTER FIFTH The Christian Renaissance
- CHAPTER SIXTH Milton
- BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE
- CHAPTER FIRST The Restoration
- CHAPTER SECOND Dryden
- CHAPTER THIRD The Revolution
- CHAPTER FOURTH Addison
- CHAPTER FIFTH Swift
- CHAPTER SIXTH The Novelists
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK II.—THE RENAISSANCE (Continued)
- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
- CHAPTER FIFTH The Christian Renaissance Section I.—Decay of the Southern Civilizations
- Section II.—Luther and the Reformation in Germany
- Section III.—The Reformation in England
- Section IV.—The Anglicans
- Section V.—The Puritans
- Section VI.—John Bunyan
- CHAPTER SIXTH Milton
- Section I.—Milton's Family and Education
- Section II.—Milton's Unhappy Domestic Life
- Section III.—Milton's Combative Energy
- Section IV.—Milton's Personal Appearance
- Section V.—Milton as a Prose Writer
- Section VI.—Milton as a Poet
- BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE CHAPTER FIRST The Restoration Part I.—The Roisterers
- Section I.—The Excesses of Puritanism
- Section II.—A Frenchman's View of the Manners of the Time
- Section III.—Butler's Hudibras
- Section IV.—Morals of the Court
- Section V.—Method and Style of Hobbes
- Section VI.—The Theatre
- Section VII.—Dryden and the Drama
- Section VIII.—Wycherley
- Part II—The Worldlings Section I.—Court Life in Europe
- Section II.—Dawn of the Classic Spirit
- Section III.—Sir William Temple
- Section IV.—Writers à la Mode
- Section V.—Sir John Denham
- Section VI.—Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh and Farquhar
- Section VII.—Superficiality Of English Comedy
- Section VIII.—Natural Characters
- Section IX.—Artificial Characters
- Section X.—Sheridan.—Decadence of the Theatre
- CHAPTER SECOND Dryden
- Section I.—Dryden's Début
- Section II.—Dryden's Family and Education
- Section III.—Dramatic Theories of Dryden
- Section IV.—The Style of Dryden's Plays
- Section V.—His Merit as a Dramatist
- Section VI.—His Prose Style
- Section VII.—How Literature in England is Occupied with Politics and Religion
- Section VIII.—Development of the Art of Writing
- Section IX.—Dryden's Translations and Adaptations.—His Occasional Soul—Stirring Verses
- Section X.—Misfortunes of Dryden's Old Age
- CHAPTER THIRD The Revolution Section I.—The Moral Revolution
- Section II.—Brutality of the People.—Private Morals.—Chesterfield and Gay
- Section III.—Principles of Civilization in France and England
- Section IV.—Religion
- Section V.—The Pulpit
- Section VI.—Theology
- Section VII.—The Constitution.—Locke's Theory of Government
- Section VIII.—Parliamentary Orators
- Section IX.—Doctrines of the French Revolution Contrasted with the Conservative Tendencies of the English People
- CHAPTER FOURTH Addison Section I.—The Significance of the Writings of Addison and Swift
- Section II.—Addison's Character and Education
- Section III.—Addison's Seriousness.—His Nobility of Character
- Section IV.—The Morality of Addison's Essays
- Section V.—How Addison made Morality Fashionable.—Characteristics of His Style
- Section VI.—Addison's Gallantry.—His Humor.—Sir Roger de Coverley.—The Vision of Mirza
- CHAPTER FIFTH Swift
- Section I.—Concerning Swift's Life and Character
- Section II.—Swift's Prosaic and Positive Mind
- Section III.—Swift as a Political Pamphleteer
- Section IV.—Swift as a Humorist.—As a Poet
- Section V.—Swift as a Narrator and Philosopher
- CHAPTER SIXTH The Novelists Section I.—The Anti-Romantic Novel
- Section II.—Daniel De Foe
- Section III—The Evolution of the Eighteenth Century Novel
- Section IV.—Samuel Richardson
- Section V.—Henry Fielding
- Section VI.—Tobias Smollett
- Section VII.—Laurence Sterne
- Section VIII.—Oliver Goldsmith
- Section IX.—Samuel Johnson
- Section X.—William Hogarth
- INDEX
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