History of English Literature

A Preface to a book on the History of English Literature is apt to be an apology, for a writer must be conscious of his inability to deal with a subject so immense and so multiplex in its aspects.

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History of English Literature

PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE.
CHAPTER II. ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIAN POETRY.
CHAPTER III. ANGLO-SAXON LEARNING AND PROSE.
CHAPTER IV. AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
CHAPTER V. GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH.
CHAPTER VI. LAYAMON\'S "BRUT".
CHAPTER VII. THE ROMANCES IN RHYME.
CHAPTER VIII. ALLITERATIVE ROMANCES AND POEMS.
CHAPTER IX. CHAUCER.
CHAPTER X. "PIERS PLOWMAN." GOWER.
CHAPTER XI. THE SUCCESSORS OF CHAUCER.
CHAPTER XII. LATE MEDIAEVAL PROSE.
CHAPTER XIII. MALORY.
CHAPTER XIV. EARLY SCOTTISH LITERATURE.
CHAPTER XV. POPULAR POETRY. BALLADS.
CHAPTER XVI. RISE OF THE DRAMA.
CHAPTER XVII. WYATT AND SURREY. GASCOIGNE. SACKVILLE.
CHAPTER XVIII. PROSE OF THE RENAISSANCE.
CHAPTER XIX. THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE AND PLAYWRIGHTS.
CHAPTER XX. OTHER DRAMATISTS.
CHAPTER XXI. ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN PROSE WRITERS.
CHAPTER XXII. LATE ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN POETS.
CHAPTER XXIII. LATE JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE PROSE.
CHAPTER XXIV. CAROLINE POETS.
CHAPTER XXV. RESTORATION THEATRE.
CHAPTER XXVI. AUGUSTAN POETRY.
CHAPTER XXVII. AUGUSTAN PROSE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. GEORGIAN POETRY.
CHAPTER XXIX. GEORGIAN POETRY.
CHAPTER XXX. GEORGIAN PROSE.
CHAPTER XXXI. GEORGIAN PROSE.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT.
CHAPTER XXXIII. LATER GEORGIAN NOVELISTS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. POETS AFTER WORDSWORTH.
CHAPTER XXXV. LATE VICTORIAN POETS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. LATEST GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN NOVELISTS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. HISTORIANS.

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