English Lands Letters and Kings: From Elizabeth to Anne

About this eBook

Author

Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908

Title

English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 2: From Elizabeth to Anne

Credits

E-text prepared by MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Great Britain -- Intellectual life

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54142

Release Date

February 9, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFATORY LETTER.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — ENGLISH LANDS, LETTERS, & KINGS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — The Stuart Line. — James I. — Walter Raleigh. — Nigel and Harrison. — A London Bride. — Ben Jonson again. — An Italian Reporter. — Shakespeare and the Globe.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — Gosson and Other Puritans. — King James’ Bible. — Shakespeare. — Shakespeare’s Youth. — Family Relations. — Shakespeare in London. — Work and Reputation. — His Thrift and Closing Years.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — Webster, Ford, and Others. — Massinger, Beaumont, and Fletcher. — King James and Family. — A New King and some Literary Survivors. — Wotton and Walton. — George Herbert. — Robert Herrick. — Revolutionary Times.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — King Charles and his Friends. — Jeremy Taylor. — A Royalist and a Puritan. — Cowley and Waller. — John Milton. — Milton’s Marriage. — The Royal Tragedy. — Change of Kings. — Last Days.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — Charles II. and his Friends. — Andrew Marvell. — Author of Hudibras. — Samuel Pepys. — A Scientist. — John Bunyan.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — Three Good Prosers. — John Dryden. — The London of Dryden. — Later Poems and Purpose. — John Locke. — End of the King and Others.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — Kings Charles, James, and William. — Some Literary Fellows. — A Pamphleteer. — Of Queen Anne. — An Irish Dragoon. — Steele’s Literary Qualities. — Joseph Addison. — Sir Roger De Coverley.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — Royal Griefs and Friends. — Builders and Streets. — John Gay. — Jonathan Swift. — Swift’s Politics. — His London Journal. — In Ireland Again.
12. 12.FOOTNOTES
13. 13.INDEX.

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