History of English Literature, Volume 1

Colonial Press, 1900

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Primitive Saxon Authors	63

Virility of the Saxon Race	71

CHAPTER SECOND The Normans SECTION PAGE I The Feudal Man	73

French Forms of Thought	80

The Normans in England	87

The English Tongue Early English Literary Impulses	91

Feudal Civilization	103

Prose SECTION PAGE I The Decay of Poetry	237

The Intellectual Level of the Renaissance	243

Robert Burton	248

Sir Thomas Browne	252

Francis Bacon	255

CHAPTER SECOND The Theatre I The Public and the Stage	264

Manners of the Sixteenth Century	267

Some Aspects of the English Mind	274

Title	History of English Literature, Volume 1 History of English Literature, Hippolyte Taine The World's great classics. Colonial edition Volumes 33-35 of World's great classics World's greatest literature
Author	Hippolyte Taine
Translated by	Henri Van Laun
Edition	revised
Publisher	Colonial Press, 1900
Original from	Indiana University
Digitized	11 Jul 2023

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Persistence of Saxon Ideas	108

The English Constitution	113

Piers Plowman and Wyclif	119

CHAPTER THIRD The New Tongue I The First Great Poet	126

The Decline of the Middle Ages	127

The Poetry of Chaucer	128

Characteristics of the Canterbury Tales	143

The Art of Chaucer	150

Scholastic Philosophy	158

THE RENAISSANCE	167

CHAPTER FIRST The Pagan Renaissance Part I Manners of the Time I Ideas of the Middle Ages	169

Growth of New Ideas	171

Popular Festivals	178

Influence of Classic Literature	180

Poetry I Renaissance of Saxon Genius	185

Surreys Style	190

Development of Artistic Ideas	192

Wherein Lies the Strength of the Poetry of this Period	204

Edmund Spenser	214

Spenser in his Relation to the Renaissance	221

The Poets of the Period	279

Formation of the Drama	291

Furious Passions Exaggerated Characters	296

Female Characters	305

CHAPTER THIRD Ben Jonson I The Man His Life	318

His Freedom and Precision of Style	321

The Dramas Catiline and Sejanus	327

Comedies	333

Limits of Jonsons Talent His Smaller Poems His Masques	345

General Idea of Shakespeare	350

CHAPTER FOURTH Shakespeare I Life and Character of Shakespeare	354

Shakespeares Style Copiousness Excesses	366

Shakespeares Language and Manners	371

Dramatis Personæ	377

Men of Wit	382

Shakespeares Women	386

Types of Villains	391

Principal Characters	393

Characteristics of Shakespeares Genius	407

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