目录
Chapter 1 The Beginning Period of English Literature
I The Seminal Period
II The Transitional Period
III Three Major Poets in 14th-Century England
Chapter 2 The Glory of Poetry:From Sidney to Pope
I Overview
II Major Poets of the Elizabethan Age
III Metaphysical Poets
IV John Milton
V The Neoclassicists
Chapter 3 The Golden Age of English Drama
I Origins and Influences
II The Elizabethan Dramatists Who Influenced Shakespeare
III William Shakespeare
IV Other Major Dramatists of the Period
Chapter 4 The Beauty of Prose :From Malory to Pepys
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Chapter 5 The Rise of the Novel
Chapter 6 A False World:English Dream from Dryden to Sheridan
Chapter 7 Emotion and Nature in Romantic Poetry
Chapter 8 Female Novelists in 19th-Century England
Chapter 9 Social Images in 19th-Century English Novels
Chapter 10 Satirical Voices and Humanistic Concerns:English Prose in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Chapter 11 Various Moods in 19th-Century English Poetry
Chapter 12 Social Life on the Stage:English Drama from Wilde to O'Casey
Chapter 13 The Erosion of Confidence:Major Novelists in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centruies
Chapter 14 The Unseen Reality;The Stream of Consciousness Novels
Chapter 15 The New Poetry in the 20th Century
Chapter 16 Spiritual Crisis and Moral Tension:20th-Century Novels before 1950
Chapter 17 Despair and Absurdity in Contemporary English Drama
Chapter 18 Diversified Topics in Contemporary English Novels
Bibliography
Index