William J. Long
English Literature
Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664166821
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION--THE MEANING OF LITERATURE
THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-ENGLISH PERIOD (450-1050)
THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD (1066-1350)
THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1350-1400)
THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING (1400-1550)
THE AGE OF ELIZABETH (1550-1620)
PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION (1660-1700)
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE (1700-1800)
THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM (1800-1850)
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
CANTERBURY PILGRIMS From Royal MS., 18 D.ii, in the British Museum
THE MANUSCRIPT BOOK After the painting in the Congressional Library, by John W. Alexander
GEOFFREY CHAUCER After the Rawlinson Pastel Portrait in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
PORTIA After the portrait by John Everett Millais. Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMERICAN MEMORIAL WINDOW, STRATFORD
EDMUND BURKE From an old print
ALFRED TENNYSON After the portrait by George Frederic Watts
SIR GALAHAD After the painting by George Frederic Watts
CHARLES DICKENS After the portrait by Daniel Maclise
THOMAS CARLYLE After the portrait by James McNeill Whistler
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A PAGE FROM THE MANUSCRIPT OF BEOWULF
STONEHENGE, ON SALISBURY PLAIN
INITIAL LETTER OF A MS. COPY OF ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AS IT WAS COMPLETED LONG AFTER THE CONQUEST
REMAINS OF THE SCRIPTORIUM OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY