First steps in English literature . to condense,modify, and rearrange his materials. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface 3 Chapter I. Historical. 9 Chapter II. Definition of Terms 16 •Chapter III. Languages of Europe 23 Chart showing the Languages of Europe 23 PERIODS OF ENGLISH PERIOD OF IMMATURE ENGLISH. Chart of Period 30 Chapter IV. Original English ; previous to 1150 ... 30 Chapter V. Broken English, 1150-1250 37 Chapter VI. Dead English, 1250-1350 45 Chapter VII. Reviving English, 1350-1558 49 II. PERIOD OF MATURE ENGLISH. Chart of Period 67 Chapter VIII. The Italian Influence, 1558
First steps in English literature . to condense,modify, and rearrange his materials. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface 3 Chapter I. Historical. 9 Chapter II. Definition of Terms 16 •Chapter III. Languages of Europe 23 Chart showing the Languages of Europe 23 PERIODS OF ENGLISH PERIOD OF IMMATURE ENGLISH. Chart of Period 30 Chapter IV. Original English ; previous to 1150 ... 30 Chapter V. Broken English, 1150-1250 37 Chapter VI. Dead English, 1250-1350 45 Chapter VII. Reviving English, 1350-1558 49 II. PERIOD OF MATURE ENGLISH. Chart of Period 67 Chapter VIII. The Italian Influence, 1558-1649 67 Chapter IX. The Puritan Influence, 1649-1660 83 Chapter X. The French Influence, 1660-1700 96 Chapters The Peoples Influence 112-203 Chapter XL The Age of Pope, 1700-1745 112 Chapter XII. The Age of Johnson, 1745-1800 118 Chapter XIII. The Age of Poetical Romance, 1800- 1830 144 Chapter XIV. The Age of Prose Romance, 1830- 1870 164 Bibliography 204 Hints at Explanation of Titles, Pronunciation, etc 220 Index 222. ENGLISH LITERATURE. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL. j]N order to understand the English Lan-guage and Literature thoroughly, we need acertain familiarity with the geography andhistory of England, and other parts of Europe. We see, by reference to the map, that Englandis a division of the British Isles, which lie off thewestern coast of the continent of Europe, onlyseparated from it by a narrow channel. The furtherback we carry our investigation into its history, theslower and more difficult our progress reason of this is, that the language has changedso much that it is as difficult to read as French orLatin, or any other foreign tongue. A second rea-son is, that very many of the early records are lost. We know, however, that two thousand years agoGreat Britain was inhabited by a rude race calledCelts. These were descendants of savage tribesthat had come into Europe from Asia at so early a 10 English Literature. period that history gives us no acc
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