History of English Literature Volume 3 (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. PAUL 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 III.—THE CLASSIC AGE (Continued)
- CHAPTER SEVENTH The Poets
- BOOK IV.—MODERN LIFE
- CHAPTER FIRST Ideas and Productions
- CHAPTER SECOND Lord Byron
- CHAPTER THIRD The Past and Present Part I.—The Past
- Part II.—The Present
- BOOK V.—MODERN AUTHORS
- CHAPTER FIRST
- Part I.—The Author
- Part II.—The Public
- Part III.—The Characters
- CHAPTER SECOND The Novel (Continued)—Thackeray
- Part I.—The Satirist
- Part II.—The Artist
- CHAPTER THIRD Criticism and History—Macaulay
- CHAPTER FOURTH Philosophy and History—Carlyle Part I.—Style and Mind
- Part II.—Vocation
- Part III.—Philosophy, Morality, and Criticism
- Part IV.—Conception of History
- CHAPTER FIFTH Philosophy—Stuart Mill
- Part I.—Experience
- Part II.—Abstraction
- CHAPTER SIXTH Poetry—Tennyson
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE (Continued)
- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
- CHAPTER SEVENTH The Poets Section I—The Domination of the Classical Spirit
- Section II.—Alexander Pope.—His Education and Mode of Life
- Section III.—Eloisa to Abelard.—The Rape of the Lock.—The Dunciad
- Section IV.—Pope's Descriptive Talent.—His Didactic Poems
- Section V.—The Poets Prior, Gay and Thomson
- Section VI.—The Beginnings of the Modern Age
- BOOK IV—MODERN LIFE CHAPTER FIRST Ideas and Productions Section I—Rise of Democracy
- Section II.—Robert Burns
- Section III.—Conservative Rule in England.—Cowper's Poetry
- Section IV.—The Romantic School
- Section V.—Philosophy Enters into Literature.—Wordsworth.—Shelley
- CHAPTER SECOND Lord Byron Section I.—His Life and Character
- Section II.—The Style of Byron's Poetry
- Section III.—Byron's Short Poems
- Section IV.—Manfred
- Section V.—What Byron's Contemporaries Thought of Him.—His Morals
- Section VI.—The Malady of the Age
- CHAPTER THIRD The Past and Present Part I.—The Past Section I.—The Saxon Invasion.—The Norman Conquest
- Section II.—Formative Periods
- Section III.—The Broadening of Ideas
- Part II.—The Present Section I.—Effects of the Saxon Invasion and the Norman Conquest
- Section II.—English Commerce and Industry
- Section III.—Agriculture
- Section IV.—English Society.—Philosophy.—Religion
- Section V.—What Forces Have Produced the Present Civilization
- BOOK V—MODERN AUTHORS Introductory Note
- CHAPTER FIRST The Novel.—Dickens
- Part I.—The Author Section I.—Importance of the Imaginative Faculty
- Section II.—Boldness of Dickens' Imagination
- Section III.—His Trivialities.—His Minuteness
- Section IV.—His Emotions.—His Pathos.—His Humor
- Part II.—The Public Section I.—The Morality of English Novels
- Part III.—The Characters Section I.—Dickens's Love for Natural Characters
- Section II.—The Hypocrite.—The Positive Man.—The Proud Man
- Section III.—Children
- Section IV.—The Ideal Man
- CHAPTER SECOND The Novel (Continued)—Thackeray Comparison Between Dickens and Thackeray
- Part I.—The Satirist Section I.—The English Satirist
- Section II.—The English Temperament
- Section III.—Superiority of Thackeray as a Satirist.—Literary Snobs
- Section IV.—Resemblance of Thackeray to Swift
- Section V.—Thackeray's Misanthropy
- Section VI.—His Characters
- Part II.—The Artist Section I—The Art of Thackeray
- Section II.—Portrait of Henry Esmond.—Historical Talent
- Section III.—Literature the Definition of Man
- CHAPTER THIRD Criticism and History—Macaulay Section I.—His Position in England
- Section II.—Essays
- Section III.—His Critical Method
- Section IV—His Love of Political Liberty
- Section V.—Characteristics of Macaulay's Style
- Section VI.—His Rudeness and Humor
- Section VII.—Estimate of Macaulay's Work
- Section VIII.—Comparison of Macaulay with French Historians
- CHAPTER FOURTH Philosophy and History—Carlyle
- Part I.—Style and Mind Section I.—Carlyle's Obscurity and Crudeness
- Section II.—The Humor of Carlyle
- Section III.—Perception of the Real and the Sublime
- Section IV.—His Passion for Actuality
- Section V.—His Mode of Thought
- Part II—Vocation
- Section II.—Characteristics of the German Form of Mind
- Section III.—German Aptitude for General Ideas
- Section IV.—Faults of the German Form of Thought
- Section V.—How Ideas are Reshaped
- Section VI.—Growth of German Ideas in England
- Part III.—Philosophy, Morality, and Criticism
- Section I.—Carlyle's Metaphysics
- Section II.—His Transposition of German Metaphysics into English Puritanism
- Section III.—Conception of God and Duty
- Section IV.—Conception of Christianity
- Section V.—Carlyle's Criticism
- Section VI.—The Future of Criticism
- Part IV.—Conception of History Section I.—Great Men
- Section III.—In What Genuine History Consists
- Section IV.—Carlyle's History of Cromwell
- Section V.—His History of the French Revolution
- Section VI.—His Opinion of Modern England
- Section VII.—The Dangers of Enthusiasm.—Comparison of Carlyle and Macaulay
- CHAPTER FIFTH PHILOSOPHY—STUART MILL Section I.—Lack of General Ideas
- Section II.—Why Metaphysics are Lacking
- Section III.—Mill's Philosophical Method
- Part I.—Experience Section I.—The Object of Logic
- Section II.—Discussion of Ideas
- Section III.—The Two Corner-Stones of Logic
- Section IV.—Theory of Definitions
- Section V.—Theory of Proof
- Section VI.—Theory of Axioms
- Section VII.—Theory of Induction
- Section VIII.—Applications of the Theory of Induction
- Section IX.—The Province and Method of Deduction
- Section X.—Comparison of the Methods of Induction and Deduction
- Section XI.—Limits of Our Knowledge
- Part II.—Abstraction Section I.—Agreement of this Philosophy with the English Mind
- Section II.—The Nature of Abstraction
- Section III.—Definitions Explain the Abstract Generating Elements of Things
- Section IV.—The Basis of Proof in Syllogism is an Abstract Law
- Section V.—Axioms are Relations between Abstract Truths
- Section VI.—The Methods of Induction
- Section VII.—Experience and Abstraction
- Section VIII.—Idea and Limits of Metaphysics
- Section IX.—A Morning in Oxford
- CHAPTER SIXTH POETRY—TENNYSON Section I.—His Talent and Work
- Section II.—Portraits of Women
- Section III.—Wherein Tennyson is at One with Nature
- Section IV.—In Memoriam.—The Princess
- Section V.—The Idylls of the King
- Section VI.—Comparison of English and French Society
- INDEX
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