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TO THE BOOKS THEY WROTE,
AND TO THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED
OUTLINES OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHIEF WRITERS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA,
BY
WILLIAM J. LONG
TO MY SISTER "MILLIE" IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF A LIFELONG SYMPATHY
PREFACE
WILLIAM J. LONG
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION: AN ESSAY OF LITERATURE
CHAPTER II
BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-ENGLISH PERIOD (450-1050)
ANGLO-NORMAN OR MIDDLE-ENGLISH PERIOD (1066-1350)
CHAPTER III
THE AGE OF CHAUCER AND THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING (1350-1550)
CHAUCER'S CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS
CHAPTER IV
THE ELIZABETHAN AGE (1550-1620)
SPENSER AND THE LYRIC POETS
EDMUND SPENSER (1552-1599)
THE DRAMATISTS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)
THE ELIZABETHAN DRAMA AFTER SHAKESPEARE
THE PROSE WRITERS
FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626)
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER V
THE PURITAN AGE AND THE RESTORATION (1625-1700)
JOHN MILTON (1608-1674)
JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688)
JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700)
SECONDARY WRITERS
CHAPTER VI
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CLASSICISM
ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744)
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
JOSEPH ADDISON (1672-1719)
DR. JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE
THE REVIVAL OF ROMANTIC POETRY
OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-1774)
ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
MINOR POETS OF ROMANTICISM
THE EARLY ENGLISH NOVEL
CHAPTER VII
THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)
COLERIDGE AND SOUTHEY
THE REVOLUTIONARY POETS
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)
MINOR POETS OF ROMANTICISM
THE WORK OF WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)
OTHER FICTION WRITERS
THE CRITICS AND ESSAYISTS
CHAPTER VIII
THE VICTORIAN AGE (1837-1901)
I. POETS OF THE VICTORIAN AGE
ALFRED TENNYSON (1809-1892)
ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889)
OTHER VICTORIAN POETS
II. THE VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863)
MARY ANN EVANS, "GEORGE ELIOT" (1819-1880)
OTHER VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
III. VICTORIAN ESSAYISTS AND HISTORIANS
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-1859)
THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881)
JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
OUTLINES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
CHAPTER I
THE PIONEERS AND NATION-BUILDERS
THE COLONIAL PERIOD (1607-1765)
THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD (1765-1800)
CHAPTER II
LITERATURE OF THE NEW NATION (1800-1840)
WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1878)
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849)
CHAPTER III
THE PERIOD OF CONFLICT (1840-1876)
THE GREATER POETS
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807-1892)
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891)
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-1894)
SIDNEY LANIER (1842-1881)
"WALT" WHITMAN (1819-1892)
THE PROSE WRITERS
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
SECONDARY WRITERS OF PROSE OR VERSE
CHAPTER IV
THE ALL-AMERICA PERIOD
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
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