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English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History.
Designed as a Manual of Instruction.
Henry Coppée, LL.D., President of the Lehigh University.
Second Edition. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger. 1873.
To the Right Reverend William Bacon Stevens, D.D., LL.D., Bishop Of Pennsylvania.
Preface
Contents
Chapter I.
The Historical Scope of the Subject.
Chapter II.
Literature a Teacher of History. Celtic Remains.
Chapter III.
Anglo-Saxon Literature and History.
Chapter IV.
The Venerable Bede and the Saxon Chronicle.
Chapter V.
The Norman Conquest and Its Earliest Literature.
Chapter VI.
The Morning Twilight of English Literature.
Chapter VII.
Chaucer, and the Early Reformation.
Chapter VIII.
Chaucer (Continued).—Reforms in Religion and Society.
Chapter IX.
Chaucer (Continued).—Progress of Society, and of Language.
Chapter X.
The Barren Period Between Chaucer and Spenser.
Chapter XI.
Spenser and the Elizabethan Age.
Chapter XII.
Illustrations of the History in the Faerie Queene.
Chapter XIII.
The English Drama.
Chapter XIV.
William Shakspeare.
Chapter XV.
William Shakspeare (Continued).
Chapter XVI.
Bacon, and the Rise of the New Philosophy.
Chapter XVII.
The English Bible.
Chapter XVIII.
John Milton, and the English Commonwealth.
Chapter XIX.
The Poetry of Milton.
Chapter XX.
Cowley, Butler, and Walton.
Chapter XXI.
Dryden, and the Restored Stuarts.
Chapter XXII.
The Religious Literature of the Great Rebellion and of the Restoration.
Chapter XXIII.
The Drama of the Restoration.
Chapter XXIV.
Pope, and the Artificial School.
Chapter XXV.
Addison, and the Reign of Queen Anne.
Chapter XXVI.
Steele and Swift.
Chapter XXVII.
The Rise and Progress of Modern Fiction.
Chapter XXVIII.
Sterne, Goldsmith, and Mackenzie.
Chapter XXIX.
The Historical Triad in the Sceptical Age.
Chapter XXX.
Samuel Johnson and His Times.
Chapter XXXI.
The Literary Forgers in the Antiquarian Age.
Chapter XXXII.
Poetry of the Transition School.
Chapter XXXIII.
The Later Drama.
Chapter XXXIV.
The New Romantic Poetry: Scott.
Chapter XXXV.
The New Romantic Poetry: Byron and Moore.
Chapter XXXVI.
The New Romantic Poetry (Continued).
Chapter XXXVII.
Wordsworth, and the Lake School.
Chapter XXXVIII.
The Reaction in Poetry.
Chapter XXXIX.
The Later Historians.
Chapter XL.
The Later Novelists as Social Reformers.
Chapter XLI.
The Later Writers.
Chapter XLII.
English Journalism.
English Literature
Chapter I.
The Historical Scope of the Subject.
Literature and Science.
Chapter II.
Literature a Teacher of History. Celtic Remains.
The Uses of Literature.
Chapter III.
Anglo-Saxon Literature and History.
The Lineage of the Anglo-Saxon.
Chapter IV.
The Venerable Bede and the Saxon Chronicle.
Biography.
Chapter V.
The Norman Conquest and Its Earliest Literature.
Norman Rule.
Other Principal Latin Chroniclers of the Early Norman Period.
Other Norman Writers of the Twelfth Century.
Chapter VI.
The Morning Twilight of English Literature.
Semi-saxon Literature.
Other Writers of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, Who Preceded Chaucer.
Chapter VII.
Chaucer, and the Early Reformation.
The Beginning of a New Era.
Chapter VIII.
Chaucer, (Continued.)—Reforms in Religion and Society.
Historical Facts.
Chapter IX.
Chaucer (Continued.)—Progress of Society, and of Languages.
Social Life.
Other Writers of the Period of Chaucer.
Chapter X.
The Barren Period Between Chaucer and Spenser.
The Study of Greek Literature.
Other Writers of the Period.
Chapter XI.
Spenser and the Elizabethan Age.
The Great Change.
Chapter XII.
Illustrations of the History in the Faerie Queene.
The Faerie Queene.
Other Writers of the Age of Spenser.
Chapter XIII.
The English Drama.
Origin of the English Drama.
Other Dramatic Writers before Shakspeare.
Chapter XIV.
William Shakspeare.
The Power of Shakspeare.
Chapter XV.
William Shakspeare, (Continued.)
The Grounds of His Fame.
Other Dramatic Writers of the Age of Shakspeare.
Chapter XVI.
Bacon, and the Rise of the New Philosophy.
Birth and Early Life of Bacon.
Chapter XVII.
The English Bible.
Early Versions of the Scriptures.
Chapter XVIII.
John Milton, and the English Commonwealth.
Historical Facts.
Chapter XIX.
The Poetry of Milton.
The Blind Poet.
Chapter XX.
Cowley, Butler, and Walton.
Cowley and Milton.
Samuel Butler.
Izaak Walton.
Other Writers of the Age.
Chapter XXI.
Dryden, and the Restored Stuarts.
The Court of Charles II.
Chapter XXII.
The Religious Literature of the Great Rebellion and of the Restoration.
The English Divines.
Other Theological Writers.
Diarists and Antiquarians.
Chapter XXIII.
The Drama of the Restoration.
The License of the Age.
Tragedy.
Chapter XXIV.
Pope, and the Artificial School.
Other Writers of the Period.
Chapter XXV.
Addison, and the Reign of Queen Anne.
The Character of the Age.
Chapter XXVI.
Steele and Swift.
Other Writers of the Age.
Chapter XXVII.
The Rise and Progress of Modern Fiction.
The New Age.
Chapter XXVIII.
Sterne, Goldsmith, and Mackenzie.
The Subjective School.
Chapter XXIX.
The Historical Triad in the Sceptical Age.
The Sceptical Age.
Other Contributors to History.
Chapter XXX.
Samuel Johnson and His Times.
Early Life and Career.
Chapter XXXI.
The Literary Forgers in the Antiquarian Age.
The Eighteenth Century.
Chapter XXXII.
Poetry of the Transition School.
The Transition Period.
Other Writers of the Transition School.
Chapter XXXIII.
The Later Drama.
The Progress of the Drama.
Other Humorists and Dramatists of the Period.
Other Writers on Various Subjects.
Chapter XXXIV.
The New Romantic Poetry: Scott.
Chapter XXXV.
The New Romantic Poetry: Byron and Moore.
Chapter XXXVI.
The New Romantic Poetry (Continued).
Robert Burns.
Other Writers of the Period.
Chapter XXXVII.
Wordsworth, and the Lake School.
The New School.
Chapter XXXVIII.
The Reaction in Poetry.
Tennyson and the Brownings.
Other Poets of the Latest Period.
Chapter XXXIX.
The Later Historians.
New Materials.
Other Historians of the Latest Period.
Chapter XL.
The Later Novelists as Social Reformers.
Chapter XLI.
The Later Writers.
Other Novelists.
Writers on Science and Philosophy.
Chapter XLII.
English Journalism.
Index of Authors
The End.
Footnotes
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