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From Chaucer to Tennyson, by Henry A. Beers, et al

From Chaucer to Tennyson, by Henry A. Beers, et al

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Author
Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin), 1847-1926
Title
From Chaucer to Tennyson With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors
Credits
Juliet Sutherland, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English literature -- History and criticism
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 11618
Release Date
March 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Juliet Sutherland, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF PORTRAITS.
  2. 2.CHAPTER I. — FROM THE CONQUEST TO CHAUCER. — 1066-1400.
  3. 3.CHAPTER II. — FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER. — 1400-1599.
  4. 4.CHAPTER III. — THE AGE OF SHAKSPERE. — 1564-1616.
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV. — THE AGE OF MILTON. — 1608-1674.
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. — FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE DEATH OF POPE. — 1660-1744.
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. — FROM THE DEATH OF POPE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. — 1744-1789.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII. — FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE DEATH OF SCOTT. — 1789-1832.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. — FROM THE DEATH OF SCOTT TO THE PRESENT TIME. — 1832-1893.
  10. 10.APPENDIX. — GEOFFREY CHAUCER. — THE PRIORESS. — PALAMON'S FAREWELL TO EMELIE. — EMELIE IN THE GARDEN. — ALISON. — ANONYMOUS BALLADS OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. — WALY, WALY BUT LOVE BE BONNY. — THE TWO CORBIES. [82] — BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL.
  11. 11.EDMUND SPENSER. — THE SUITOR'S LIFE. — THE MUSIC OF THE BOWER OF BLISS. — THE HOUSE OF SLEEP.
  12. 12.WILLIAM SHAKSPERE. — SONNET XC. — SONG. — THE SLEEP OF KINGS. — FALSTAFF AND BARDOLPH. — THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN. — HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY. — DETACHED PASSAGES FROM THE PLAYS.
  13. 13.FRANCIS BACON. — OF DEATH. — OF STUDIES. — OF ADVERSITY.
  14. 14.BEN JONSON. — SONG TO CELIA. — LONG LIFE. — EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. — THE THANKLESS MUSE.
  15. 15.JOHN FLETCHER AND FRANCIS BEAUMONT. — A SONG OF TRUE LOVE DEAD. — A SONG OF CRUEL LOVE. [119] — SWEET MELANCHOLY. [120] — CÆSAR'S LAMENT OVER POMPEY.
  16. 16.JOHN MILTON. — FAME. — THE PLEASURES OF MELANCHOLY. — THE PROTECTION OF CONSCIENCE. — INVOCATION TO LIGHT. — SATAN. — ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT. [127]
  17. 17.SIR THOMAS BROWNE. — THE VANITY OF MONUMENTS.
  18. 18.JOHN DRYDEN. — THE CHARACTER OF ZIMRI. [138] — THE CHEATS OF HOPE.
  19. 19.JONATHAN SWIFT. — THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT.
  20. 20.ALEXANDER POPE. — A CHARACTER OF ADDISON. — AN ORNAMENT TO HER SEX.
  21. 21.JOSEPH ADDISON. — SIGNOR NICOLINI AND THE LION.
  22. 22.SAMUEL JOHNSON. — DETACHED PASSAGES FROM BOSWELL'S LIFE.
  23. 23.OLIVER GOLDSMITH. — THE VILLAGE PASTOR AND SCHOOL-MASTER.
  24. 24.EDMUND BURKE. — THE DECAY OF LOYALTY.
  25. 25.THOMAS GRAY. — ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE.
  26. 26.WILLIAM COWPER. — FROM LINES ON THE RECEIPT OF HIS MOTHER'S PICTURE. — WINTER EVENING. — MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN.
  27. 27.ROBERT BURNS. — TAM O'SHANTER.
  28. 28.JOHN ANDERSON.
  29. 29.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. — SONNET. — THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL. — LUCY. — THE SOLITARY REAPER. — SKATING AT NIGHT.
  30. 30.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. — THE SONG OF THE SPIRITS. — THE LOVE OF ALL CREATURES. — ESTRANGEMENT OF FRIENDS.
  31. 31.WALTER SCOTT. — NATIVE LAND. — SUNSET ON THE BORDER. — PROUD MAISIE. — PIBROCH OF DONUIL DHU.
  32. 32.PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. — LINES TO AN INDIAN AIR. — VENICE. — A LAMENT. — THE POET'S DREAM.
  33. 33.GEORGE GORDON BYRON. — ELEGY ON THYRZA. — THE BALL AT BRUSSELS ON THE NIGHT BEFORE WATERLOO.
  34. 34.JOHN KEATS. — ODE ON A GRECIAN URN. — MADELINE.
  35. 35.CHARLES DICKENS. — BOB SAWYER'S BACHELOR PARTY.
  36. 36.WILLIAM MAKEPIECE THACKERAY. — BECKY GOES TO COURT AND DINES AT GAUNT HOUSE.
  37. 37.GEORGE ELIOT. — PASSAGES FROM ADAM BEDE.
  38. 38.THOMAS CARLYLE. — MIDNIGHT IN THE CITY. — GHOSTS.
  39. 39.ALFRED TENNYSON. — THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE. — THE PASSING OF ARTHUR. — BUGLE SONG. — BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. — PEACE OR WAR? — STANZAS FROM IN MEMORIAM. — SONG FROM MAUD.
  40. 40.ROBERT BROWNING. — INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP. — THE LOST LEADER. — MEETING AT NIGHT. — WORK AND WORTH. — HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD.
  41. 41.INDEX.

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