Brief History of English and American Literature

Brief History of English and American Literature

Henry Augustin Beers, Poet, author, literature historian, and professor at Yale (1847-1926)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Introduction

- Preface

- Outline Sketch Of English Literature

- From The Conquest To Chaucer

- From Chaucer To Spenser

- The Age Of Shakspere

- The Age Of Milton

- From The Restoration To The Death Of Pope

- From The Death Of Pope To The French Revolution

- From The French Revolution To The Death Of Scott

- From The Death Of Scott To The Present Time

- Theological And Religious Literature In Great Britain

- American Literature

- Preface

- The Colonial Period

- The Revolutionary Period

- The Era Of National Expansion

- The Concord Writers

- The Cambridge Scholars

- Literature In The Cities

- Literature Since 1861

- Theological And Religious Literature In America