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PREFACE TO THE NEW REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION1

REFERENCES1

PART ONE EARLY AND MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE1

1. The Making of England1

The Britons1

The Roman Conquest1

The English Conquest2

The Social Condition of the Anglo-Saxons2

Anglo-Saxon Religious Belief and Its Influence2

2. Beowulf3

Anglo-Saxon Poetry3

The Story of Beowulf3

Analysis of Its Content4

Features of Beowulf5

3. Feudal England5

The Danish Invasion5

The Norman Conquest5

The Influence of the Norman Conquest on the English Language6

Social Feature of the Feudal England6

The Miseries of the Peasants7

The Rising of 13817

The Content of the Romance8

The Romance Cycles8

The Class Nature of the Romance9

Malory's LeMorte D'Arthur9

4. Langland11

Piers the Plowman and Its Author11

A Picture of Feudal England11

Artistic Features15

5. The English Ballads16

Oral Literature16

The Ballads17

The Robin Hood Ballads17

6. Chaucer19

Life19

Chaucer's Literary Career21

Troilus and Criseyde21

The Canterbury Tales (13871400)22

PART TWO THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE27

1. Old England in Transition27

The New Monarchy27

The Reformation27

The English Bible28

The Enclosure Movement29

The Commercial Expansion30

The War with Spain30

The Renaissance and Humanism30

William Caxton31

The Beginning of the English Renaissance32

2. More32

Life32

Utopia33

Utopia , Book One33

Utopia , Book Two35

More's Limitations37

Engels on the Renaissance37

3. The Flowering of English Literature38

The Flourishing of Literature38

Sidney and Raleigh39

Edmund Spenser40

John Lyly43

Francis Bacon44

4. Drama46

The Miracle Play46

The Morality Play47

The Interlude47

The Classical Drama47

The London Theatre47

The Audience48

The Playwrights49

5. Marlowe50

Life50

Work51

Doctor Faustus52

Social Significance of Marlowe's Plays54

Marlowe's Literary Achievement55

6. Shakespeare55

Life55

A Chronological List of Shakespeare's Plays59

Periods of Shakespeare's Dramatic Composition60

The Great Comedies67

The Mature Histories70

The Great Tragedies80

Hamlet84

The Later Comedies89

The Poems90

Features of Shakespeare's Drama91

7. Ben Jonson93

PART THREE THE PERIOD OF THE ENGLISH BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION97

1. The English Revolution and the Restoration97

The Weakening of the Tie Between Monarchy and Bourgeoisie97

The Clashes Between the King and Parliament97

The Outburst of the English Revolution98

The Split within the Revolutionary Camp98

The Bourgeois Dictatorship and the Restoration98

The Religious Cloak of the English Revolution99

Literature of the Revolution Period99

2. Milton100

Life and Work100

Paradise Lost107

Samson Agonistes110

Brief Summary111

3. Bunyan112

Life112

The Pilgrim's Progress114

4. Metaphysical Poets and Cavalier Poets116

John Donne116

George Herbert118

Andrew Marvell118

Henry Vaughan119

5. Some Prose-Writers120

Robert Burton120

Thomas Browne120

Jeremy Taylor121

Izaak Walton121

6. Restoration Literature122

Restoration Comedy122

John Dryden124

PART FOUR THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY126

1. The Enlightenment and Classicism in English Literature126

The Enlightenment and 18th Century England126

Classicism128

2. Addison and Steele128

Steele and The Tatler128

Addison and The Spectator130

3. Pope134

Life134

Work135

Workmanship and Limitation137

4. Swift138

Early Life138

A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books139

Bickerstaff Almanac (1708)140

Gulliver's Travels140

Pamphlets on Ireland143

Illness and Death144

Swift's Style145

5. Defoe and the Rise of the English Novel146

The Rise of the English Novel146

Defoe147

Defoe's Novels149

Robinson Crusoe150

6. Richardson153

7. Fielding156

Life156

Fielding as a Playwright157

Joseph Andrews159

Jonathan Wild162

Tom Jones164

Summary168

8. Smollett and Sterne171

Smollett171

Sterne174

9. 18th Century Drama and Sheridan176

18th Century English Drama176

Sheridan178

10. Johnson180

Life180

Johnson's Dictionary181

Boswell's Life of Johnson183

11. Goldsmith183

Life183

Work184

12. Gibbon189

Life189

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire190

13. Sentimentalism and Pre-Romanticism in Poetry192

Sentimentalism in English Poetry192

Pre-Romanticism193

14. Blake195

Life195

Songs of Innocence(1789) and Songs of Experienced (1794)197

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790)200

Blake's Position in English Literature201

15. Burns201

Life201

The Poetry of Burns203

Features of Burns' Poetry208

PART FIVE ROMANTICISM IN ENGLAND210

l. The Romantic Period210

2. Wordsworth212

3. Coleridge and Southey217

Coleridge217

Southey221

4. Byron222

Life222

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage226

Don Juan228

5. Shelley232

Life232

Queen Mab235

The Revolt of Islam237

Prometheus Unbound238

The Masque of Anarchy and Other Political Lyrics239

Lyrics on Nature and Love240

A Defence of Poetry243

6. Keats244

Life244

Long Poems246

Short Poems250

7. Lamb253

Life254

Lamb's Literary Career255

The Essays of Elia256

8. Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt258

Hazlitt258

Leigh Hunt262

9. DeQuincey263

10. Scott265

Life265

His Historical Novels266

Features of Scott's Historical Novels269

PART SIX ENGLISH CRITICAL REALISM271

1. The Rise of Critical Realism in England271

Social Background271

Chartist Movement and Chartist Literature272

English Critical Realism276

2. Dickens277

Dickens' Novels280

The First Period (1836—1841)280

The Second Period (1842—1850)287

The Third Period (1851—1870)295

Dickens:Man and Writer300

3. Thackeray303

Life and Work303

Vanity Fair:A Novel Without a Hero305

4. Some Women Novelists308

Jane Austen309

The Bronte Sisters310

Mrs. Gaskell314

George Eliot316

PART SEVEN PROSE-WRITERS AND POETS OF THE MID AND LATE 19TH CENTURY321

1. Carlyle321

Thomas Carlyle321

Sartor Resartus323

The French Revolution324

Heroes and Hero-Worship325

Past and Present325

Carlyle as a Literary Critic326

Engels on Carlyle326

2. Ruskin and Some Other Prose-Writers327

Ruskin327

Arnold331

Macaulay334

3. Tennyson336

Tennyson's Life and Career336

In Memoriam337

The Idylls of the King339

4. The Brownings341

Browning's Early Life and Career341

Elizabeth Barrett ( Mrs. Browning)342

Browning's Main Achievement in Poetry344

Browning's Short Lyrics345

5. The Rossettis and Swinburne348

Dante Gabriel Rossetti348

Christina Georgina Rossetti(1830—1894)351

Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat353

Algernon Charles Swinburne355

6. William Morris356

Life357

A Dream of John Ball359

News from Nowhere360

7. Literary Trends at the End of the Century364

Naturalism364

Neo-Romanticism365

Aestheticism367

PART EIGHT TWENTIETH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE371

1.The New Century:Social and Historical Background371

2. English Novel of Early 20th Century372

The Realists373

Kipling,Bennett and Conrad374

Henry James376

Katharine Mansfield377

3. Hardy378

Life and Work378

Tess of the D'Urbervilles379

Jude the Obscure380

4. Galsworthy381

Life and Work381

The Forsyte Saga382

5. The Irish Dramatic Movement384

The Abbey Theatre and Lady Gregory384

J. M. Synge385

O'Casey385

6. Bernard Shaw386

Life386

Dramatic Work388

Mrs. Warren's Profession389

Major Barbara391

Heartbreak House393

7.Some Poets of Early 20th Century394

8. Modernism in Poetry396

Imagism396

W. B. Yeats396

T. S. Eliot399

9. The Psychological Fiction402

D. H. Lawrence403

The "Stream of Consciousness" School of Novel405

James Joyce406

Virginia Woolf408

10. Robert Tressell:A Working-Class Novelist411

11. Marxist Literary Criticism415

Ralph Fox and The Novel and the People415

Christopher Caudwell418

Other Marxist Critics420

PART NINE POETS AND NOVELISTS WHO WROTE BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR421

1. Social and Historical Background421

2. W. H. Auden423

3. Dylan Thomas430

4. Hugh MacDiarmid434

5. E. M. Forster442

6. Evelyn Waugh445

7. Graham Greene448

8. Aldous Huxley451

Point Counter Point452

Brave New World452

9. George Orwell454

10. William Golding456

11. Doris Lessing459