Henry Coppée

by Henry Coppée

   The Grounds of his Fame. Creation of Character. Imagination and Fancy. 
   Power of Expression. His Faults. Influence of Elizabeth. Sonnets. 
   Ireland and Collier. Concordance. Other Writers.

THE GROUNDS OF HIS FAME.

   The Eighteenth Century. James Macpherson. Ossian. Thomas Chatterton. 
   His Poems. The Verdict. Suicide. The Cause.

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

It is not the purpose of the author to add another to the many volumes containing a chronological list of English authors, with brief comments upon each. Such a statement of works, arranged according to periods, or reigns of English monarchs, is valuable only as an abridged dictionary of names and dates. Nor is there any logical pertinence in clustering contemporary names about a principal author, however illustrious he may be.

   Birth and Early Life. Treatment of Essex. His Appointments. His Fall. 
   Writes Philosophy. Magna Instauratio. His Defects. His Fame. His 
   Essays.

BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF BACON.

   The Transition Period. James Thomson. The Seasons. The Castle of 
   Indolence. Mark Akenside. Pleasures of the Imagination. Thomas Gray. 
   The Elegy. The Bard. William Cowper. The Task. Translation of Homer. 
   Other Writers.

THE TRANSITION PERIOD.

   Literature and Science. English Literature. General Principle. Celts 
   and Cymry. Roman Conquest. Coming of the Saxons. Danish Invasions. The 
   Norman Conquest. Changes in Language.

LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.

   Early Versions. The Septuagint. The Vulgate. Wiclif; Tyndale. 
   Coverdale; Cranmer. Geneva; Bishop's Bible. King James's Bible. 
   Language of the Bible. Revision.

EARLY VERSIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES.

   The Progress of the Drama. Garrick. Foote. Cumberland. Sheridan. George 
   Colman. George Colman, the Younger. Other Dramatists and Humorists. 
   Other Writers on Various Subjects.

THE PROGRESS OF THE DRAMA.

   The Uses of Literature. Italy, France, England. Purpose of the Work. 
   Celtic Literary Remains. Druids and Druidism. Roman Writers. Psalter of 
   Cashel. Welsh Triads and Mabinogion. Gildas and St. Colm.

THE USES OF LITERATURE.