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A History of English Literature
English Literature
Robert Huntington Fletcher
by
Robert Huntington Fletcher
PREFACE
PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE
A TABULAR VIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
REFERENCE BOOKS
CHAPTER I. PERIOD I. THE BRITONS AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS. TO A. D. 1066.
CHAPTER II. PERIOD II. THE NORMAN-FRENCH PERIOD. A.D. 1066 TO ABOUT 1350
CHAPTER III. PERIOD III. THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. ABOUT 1350 TO ABOUT 1500
CHAPTER IV. THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA
CHAPTER V. PERIOD IV. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH
CHAPTER VI. THE DRAMA FROM ABOUT 1550 TO 1642
CHAPTER VII. PERIOD V. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1603-1660. PROSE AND POETRY
CHAPTER VIII. PERIOD VI. THE RESTORATION, 1660-1700.
CHAPTER IX. PERIOD VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. PSEUDO-CLASSICISM AND THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ROMANTICISM
CHAPTER X. PERIOD VIII. THE ROMANTIC TRIUMPH, 1798 TO ABOUT 1830
CHAPTER XI. PERIOD IX. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD, ABOUT 1830 TO 1901
A LIST OF AVAILABLE EDITIONS FOR THE STUDY OF IMPORTANT AUTHORS
ASSIGNMENTS FOR STUDY
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