Handbook of Universal Literature From The Best and Latest Authorities

Handbook of Universal Literature From The Best and Latest Authorities

Anne Lynch Botta, American poet, writer, teacher and socialite whose home was the central gathering place of the literary elite of her era (1815 – 1891)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Prefatory Note To The Revised Edition

- Preface

- List Of Authorities

- Introduction

- The Alphabet

- Classification Of Languages

- Chinese Literature

- Japanese Literature

- Sanskrit Literature

- The Religion

- Babylonian And Assyrian Literature

- Phoenician Literature

- Syriac Literature

- Persian Literature

- Hebrew Literature

- Egyptian Literature

- Greek Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. From Remote Antiquity To Herodotus

- Period Second. The Epoch Of The Athenian Literature

- Period Third. Epoch Of The Decline Of Greek Literature

- Roman Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. From The Conclusion Of The First Punic War To The Age Of Cicero

- Period Second. From The Age Of Cicero To The Death Of Augustus

- Period Third. From The Death Of Augustus To The Close Of The Reign Of Theodoric

- Arabian Literature

- Italian Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. From The Origin Of Italian Literature To Its First Decline

- Period Second. Revival Of Italian Literature And Its Second Decline

- Period Third. The Second Revival Of Italian Literature

- French Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. Provençal And French Literatures In The Middle Ages

- Period Second. The Renaissance And The Golden Age Of French Literature

- Period Third. Literature Of The Age Of The Revolution And Of The Nineteenth Century

- Spanish Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. From The First Appearance Of The Written Language To The Early Part Of The Reign Of Charles V

- Period Second. From The Accession Of The Austrian Family To Its Extinction

- Period Third. The Accession Of The Bourbon Family To The Present Time

- Portuguese Literature

- Finnish Literature

- Slavic Literatures

- Russian Literature

- The Servian Language And Literature

- The Bohemian Language And Literature

- The Polish Language And Literature

- Roumanian Literature

- Dutch Literature

- Scandinavian Literature

- German Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. From The Earliest Times To The Reformation

- Period Second. The Reformation To The Beginning Of The Eighteenth Century

- Period Third. From The Beginning Of The Eighteenth Century To The Present Time

- English Literature

- Introduction

- Period First. From The Departure Of The Romans To The Norman Conquest

- Period Second. From The Norman Conquest To The Accession Of Henry Viii

- Period Third. From The Accession Or Henry Viii. To The Present Time

- Since 1860

- American Literature

- The Colonial Period

- First American Period

- Second American Period

- Conclusion