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History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne

History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne

by Andrew Lang

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Author
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Title
History of English Literature from "Beowulf" to Swinburne
Credits
Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues and Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English literature -- History and criticism
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56613
Release Date
February 21, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.ANDREW LANG, M.A. — LATE HON. FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE OXFORD — PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF AUTHORS. — ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE. — ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIAN POETRY. — ANGLO-SAXON LEARNING AND PROSE. — AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST. — GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH. — LAYAMON'S "BRUT". — THE ROMANCES IN RHYME. — ALLITERATIVE ROMANCES AND POEMS. — CHAUCER. — "PIERS PLOWMAN." GOWER. — THE SUCCESSORS OF CHAUCER. — LATE MEDIAEVAL PROSE. — MALORY. — EARLY SCOTTISH LITERATURE. — POPULAR POETRY. BALLADS. — RISE OF THE DRAMA. — WYATT AND SURREY. GASCOIGNE. SACKVILLE. — PROSE OF THE RENAISSANCE. — THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE AND PLAYWRIGHTS. — OTHER DRAMATISTS. — ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN PROSE WRITERS. — LATE ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN POETS. — LATE JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE PROSE. — CAROLINE POETS. — RESTORATION THEATRE. — AUGUSTAN POETRY. — AUGUSTAN PROSE. — GEORGIAN POETRY. — I. — GEORGIAN POETRY. — II. — GEORGIAN PROSE. — I. — The Great Novelists. — GEORGIAN PROSE. — II. — THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT. — LATER GEORGIAN NOVELISTS. — POETS AFTER WORDSWORTH. — LATE VICTORIAN POETS. — LATEST GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN NOVELISTS. — HISTORIANS.

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