Initial Studies in American Letters

by Henry A. Beers

PREFACE. ›

Authors of Greece (76)
Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations (73)
A History of French Literature (72)
A History of English Prose Fiction (67)
A History of English Literature (63)
History of American Literature (62)
Halleck's New English Literature (59)
A History of Roman Literature from the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (57)
Outlines of English and American Literature (57)
English Literature: Modern (57)

FOOTNOTES (319)
CHAPTER IX: THE VICTORIAN AGE, 1837-1900 (273)
APPENDIX. COTTON MATHER. (259)
CHAPTER II: FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST, 1066, TO CHAUCER'S DEATH, 1400 (244)
CHAPTER XVI. GERMAN PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE DEATH OF HEGEL. (233)
CHAPTER VIII. Percy and the Ballads. (227)
CHAPTER IV: THE AGE OF ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 (221)
CHAPTER IX. PERIOD VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. PSEUDO-CLASSICISM AND THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ROMANTICISM (216)
CHAPTER VIII: THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM, 1780-1837 (214)
CHAPTER II. ELIZABETHAN POETRY AND PROSE (198)

A History of French Literature (1,205)
A History of English Literature (1,177)
Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations (1,154)
Authors of Greece (1,106)
Outlines of English and American Literature (1,103)
History of American Literature (1,073)
English Literature: Modern (1,070)
A History of English Prose Fiction (1,051)
The Story of the Odyssey (1,048)
A History of Roman Literature from the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (1,031)

FOOTNOTES (7,308)
APPENDIX. COTTON MATHER. (4,542)
CHAPTER IX: THE VICTORIAN AGE, 1837-1900 (4,483)
CHAPTER IX. PERIOD VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. PSEUDO-CLASSICISM AND THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ROMANTICISM (4,271)
CHAPTER VIII: THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM, 1780-1837 (4,195)
CHAPTER V: THE PURITAN AGE, 1603-1660 (4,186)
CHAPTER II: FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST, 1066, TO CHAUCER'S DEATH, 1400 (3,818)
CHAPTER II. ELIZABETHAN POETRY AND PROSE (3,752)
CHAPTER V. THE PURITAN AGE AND THE RESTORATION (1625-1700) (3,741)
CHAPTER VIII. Percy and the Ballads. (3,634)