A History of English Literature
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About This Book
The second edition of this best-selling book has been completely updated and revised throughout to take into account new authors and new scholarly developments in literature and in society. Offering a comprehensive account of one of the world's richest literatures,A History of English Literaturetraces its developments from the Old English period until the present day. A narrative which is also a discussion of major authors, the history reads as a clear and coherent whole.
Chapters (22)(click to expand)
- TO MY MOTHER TO WHOM I OWE A LIFETIME OF A MOTHER'S MOST SELF-SACRIFICING DEVOTION
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE
- PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE
- A TABULAR VIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
- REFERENCE BOOKS
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
- A LIST OF AVAILABLE EDITIONS FOR THE STUDY OF IMPORTANT AUTHORS
- ASSIGNMENTS FOR STUDY
- THE ASSIGNMENTS
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