History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)
Hippolyte Taine
History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)
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TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D. LLD. RICHARD HENRY STODDARD ARTHUR RICHMOND MARSH. A.B. PAVL VAN DYKE, D.D. ALBERT ELLERY BERGH
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HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE
HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY HENRY VAN LAUN
WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY
J. SCOTT CLARK, A. M.
CONTENTS
BOOK II—THE RENAISSANCE
(CONTINUED)
CHAPTER FIFTH The Christian Renaissance
CHAPTER SIXTH Milton
BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE
CHAPTER FIRST The Restoration
CHAPTER SECOND Dryden
CHAPTER THIRD The Revolution
CHAPTER FOURTH Addison
CHAPTER FIFTH Swift
CHAPTER SIXTH The Novelists
ILLUSTRATIONS
BOOK II.—THE RENAISSANCE (Continued)
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
CHAPTER FIFTH
The Christian Renaissance
Section I.—Decay of the Southern Civilizations
Section II.—Luther and the Reformation in Germany
Section III.—The Reformation in England
Section IV.—The Anglicans
Section V.—The Puritans
Section VI.—John Bunyan
CHAPTER SIXTH
Milton
Section I.—Milton's Family and Education
Section II.—Milton's Unhappy Domestic Life
Section III.—Milton's Combative Energy
Section IV.—Milton's Personal Appearance
Section V.—Milton as a Prose Writer
Section VI.—Milton as a Poet
BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE
CHAPTER FIRST
The Restoration
Part I.—The Roisterers
Section I.—The Excesses of Puritanism
Section II.—A Frenchman's View of the Manners of the Time
Section III.—Butler's Hudibras
Section IV.—Morals of the Court
Section V.—Method and Style of Hobbes
Section VI.—The Theatre
Section VII.—Dryden and the Drama
Section VIII.—Wycherley
Part II—The Worldlings
Section I.—Court Life in Europe
Section II.—Dawn of the Classic Spirit
Section III.—Sir William Temple
Section IV.—Writers à la Mode
Section V.—Sir John Denham
Section VI.—Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh and Farquhar
Section VII.—Superficiality Of English Comedy
Section VIII.—Natural Characters
Section IX.—Artificial Characters
Section X.—Sheridan.—Decadence of the Theatre
CHAPTER SECOND
Dryden
Section I.—Dryden's Début
Section II.—Dryden's Family and Education
Section III.—Dramatic Theories of Dryden
Section IV.—The Style of Dryden's Plays
Section V.—His Merit as a Dramatist
Section VI.—His Prose Style
Section VII.—How Literature in England is Occupied with Politics and Religion
Section VIII.—Development of the Art of Writing
Section IX.—Dryden's Translations and Adaptations.—His Occasional Soul—Stirring Verses
Section X.—Misfortunes of Dryden's Old Age
CHAPTER THIRD
The Revolution
Section I.—The Moral Revolution
Section II.—Brutality of the People.—Private Morals.—Chesterfield and Gay
Section III.—Principles of Civilization in France and England
Section IV.—Religion
Section V.—The Pulpit
Section VI.—Theology
Section VII.—The Constitution.—Locke's Theory of Government
Section VIII.—Parliamentary Orators
Section IX.—Doctrines of the French Revolution Contrasted with the Conservative Tendencies of the English People
CHAPTER FOURTH
Addison
Section I.—The Significance of the Writings of Addison and Swift
Section II.—Addison's Character and Education
Section III.—Addison's Seriousness.—His Nobility of Character
Section IV.—The Morality of Addison's Essays
Section V.—How Addison made Morality Fashionable.—Characteristics of His Style
Section VI.—Addison's Gallantry.—His Humor.—Sir Roger de Coverley.—The Vision of Mirza
CHAPTER FIFTH
Swift
Section I.—Concerning Swift's Life and Character
Section II.—Swift's Prosaic and Positive Mind
Section III.—Swift as a Political Pamphleteer
Section IV.—Swift as a Humorist.—As a Poet
Section V.—Swift as a Narrator and Philosopher
CHAPTER SIXTH
The Novelists
Section I.—The Anti-Romantic Novel
Section II.—Daniel De Foe
Section III—The Evolution of the Eighteenth Century Novel
Section IV.—Samuel Richardson
Section V.—Henry Fielding
Section VI.—Tobias Smollett
Section VII.—Laurence Sterne
Section VIII.—Oliver Goldsmith
Section IX.—Samuel Johnson
Section X.—William Hogarth
INDEX
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