History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)

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Author

Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

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Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues 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

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61382

Release Date

February 11, 2020

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.#THE WORLD'S# GREAT CLASSICS — LIBRARY COMMITTEE — TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D. LLD. RICHARD HENRY STODDARD ARTHUR RICHMOND MARSH. A.B. PAVL VAN DYKE, D.D. ALBERT ELLERY BERGH — •ILLUSTRATED•WITH•NEARLY•TWO• •HUNDRED•PHOTOGRAVURES•ETCHINGS• •COLORED•PLATES•AND•FULL• •PAGE•PORTRAITS•OF•GREAT•AUTHORS•
2. 2.ENGLISH LITERATURE — HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE — TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY HENRY VAN LAUN — WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY — J. SCOTT CLARK, A. M.
3. 3.CONTENTS — BOOK II—THE RENAISSANCE — ( CONTINUED ) — CHAPTER FIFTH The Christian Renaissance — CHAPTER SIXTH Milton — BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE — CHAPTER FIRST The Restoration — CHAPTER SECOND Dryden — CHAPTER THIRD The Revolution — CHAPTER FOURTH Addison — CHAPTER FIFTH Swift — CHAPTER SIXTH The Novelists
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — BOOK II.—THE RENAISSANCE ( Continued ) — HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE — CHAPTER FIFTH — The Christian Renaissance — Section I.—Decay of the Southern Civilizations — Section II.—Luther and the Reformation in Germany — Section III.—The Reformation in England — Section IV.—The Anglicans — Section V.—The Puritans — Section VI.—John Bunyan — CHAPTER SIXTH — Milton — Section I.—Milton's Family and Education — Section II.—Milton's Unhappy Domestic Life — Section III.—Milton's Combative Energy — Section IV.—Milton's Personal Appearance — Section V.—Milton as a Prose Writer — Section VI.—Milton as a Poet — BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE — CHAPTER FIRST — The Restoration — Part I.—The Roisterers — Section I.—The Excesses of Puritanism — Section II.—A Frenchman's View of the Manners of the Time — Section III.—Butler's Hudibras — Section IV.—Morals of the Court — Section V.—Method and Style of Hobbes — Section VI.—The Theatre — Section VII.—Dryden and the Drama — Section VIII.—Wycherley — Part II—The Worldlings — Section I.—Court Life in Europe — Section II.—Dawn of the Classic Spirit — Section III.—Sir William Temple — Section IV.—Writers à la Mode — Section V.—Sir John Denham — Section VI.—Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh and Farquhar — Section VII.—Superficiality Of English Comedy — Section VIII.—Natural Characters — Section IX.—Artificial Characters — Section X.—Sheridan.—Decadence of the Theatre — CHAPTER SECOND — Dryden — Section I.—Dryden's Début — Section II.—Dryden's Family and Education — Section III.—Dramatic Theories of Dryden — Section IV.—The Style of Dryden's Plays — Section V.—His Merit as a Dramatist — Section VI.—His Prose Style — Section VII.—How Literature in England is Occupied with Politics and Religion — Section VIII.—Development of the Art of Writing — Section IX.—Dryden's Translations and Adaptations.—His Occasional Soul—Stirring Verses — Section X.—Misfortunes of Dryden's Old Age — CHAPTER THIRD — The Revolution — Section I.—The Moral Revolution — Section II.—Brutality of the People.—Private Morals.—Chesterfield and Gay — Section III.—Principles of Civilization in France and England — Section IV.—Religion — Section V.—The Pulpit — Section VI.—Theology — Section VII.—The Constitution.—Locke's Theory of Government — Section VIII.—Parliamentary Orators — Section IX.—Doctrines of the French Revolution Contrasted with the Conservative Tendencies of the English People — CHAPTER FOURTH — Addison — Section I.—The Significance of the Writings of Addison and Swift — Section II.—Addison's Character and Education — Section III.—Addison's Seriousness.—His Nobility of Character — Section IV.—The Morality of Addison's Essays — Section V.—How Addison made Morality Fashionable.—Characteristics of His Style — Section VI.—Addison's Gallantry.—His Humor.—Sir Roger de Coverley.—The Vision of Mirza — CHAPTER FIFTH — Swift — Section I.—Concerning Swift's Life and Character — Section II.—Swift's Prosaic and Positive Mind — Section III.—Swift as a Political Pamphleteer — Section IV.—Swift as a Humorist.—As a Poet — Section V.—Swift as a Narrator and Philosopher — CHAPTER SIXTH — The Novelists — Section I.—The Anti-Romantic Novel — Section II.—Daniel De Foe — Section III—The Evolution of the Eighteenth Century Novel — Section IV.—Samuel Richardson — Section V.—Henry Fielding — Section VI.—Tobias Smollett — Section VII.—Laurence Sterne — Section VIII.—Oliver Goldsmith — Section IX.—Samuel Johnson — Section X.—William Hogarth — INDEX

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