An Outline History of English Literature

William H. Hudson was born on August 4, 1841, near Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on August 18, 1922, in Bayswater, England. Although Hudson lived most of his life in England and many of his works deal with English subjects, he is still in several ways a South American writer. An Outline History of English Literature systematically traces the development of English as a language and the evolution of different genres of English Literature from the pre-Chaucerian period down to the present age. The writers covered, among others, include Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Samuel John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth, and Alfred Tennyson. It provides a complete layout of the works of most major and minor authors of each age. Along with the biographical and historical interpretation of each work, the book reflects the gradual progression of English from its conception to its literary proliferation.