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HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE.....................................................2  \nA TABULAR VIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.............................................................................6  \nREFERENCE BOOKS.......................................................................................................................... 10  \nCHAPTER I. PERIOD I. THE BRITONS AND THE ANGLO−SAXONS. TO A. D. 1066..............10  \nCHAPTER II. PERIOD II. THE NORMAN−FRENCH PERIOD. A.D. 1066 TO ABOUT 1350.......17  \nCHAPTER III. PERIOD III. THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. ABOUT 1350 TO ABOUT  1500......................................................................................................................................................25  \nCHAPTER IV. THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA.........................................................................................36  \nCHAPTER V. PERIOD IV. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE  REIGN OF ELIZABETH.....................................................................................................................40  \nCHAPTER VI. THE DRAMA FROM ABOUT 1550 TO 1642...........................................................54  \nCHAPTER VII. PERIOD V. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1603−1660 . PROSE AND  POETRY...............................................................................................................................................68  \nCHAPTER VIII. PERIOD VI. THE RESTORATION, 1660−1700.....................................................79  \nCHAPTER IX. PERIOD VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. PSEUDO−CLASSICISM AND  THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ROMANTICISM.......................................................................85  \nCHAPTER X. PERIOD VIII. THE ROMANTIC TRIUMPH, 1798 TO ABOUT 1830....................121  \nCHAPTER XI. PERIOD IX. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD, ABOUT 1830 TO 1901........................137  \nA LIST OF AVAILABLE EDITIONS FOR THE STUDY OF IMPORTANT AUTHORS..............168  \nASSIGNMENTS FOR STUDY..........................................................................................................169  \nA History of English Literature  \nRobert Huntington Fletcher  \nThis page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online.  \n[http://www.blackmask.com](http://www.blackmask.com)  \n• PREFACE  \n• PRELIMINARY. HOW TO STUDY AND JUDGE LITERATURE  \n• A TABULAR VIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE  \n• REFERENCE BOOKS  \n• CHAPTER I. PERIOD I. THE BRITONS AND THE ANGLO−SAXONS. TO A. D. 1066.  \n• CHAPTER II. PERIOD II. THE NORMAN−FRENCH PERIOD. A.D. 1066 TO ABOUT 1350  \n• CHAPTER III. PERIOD III. THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. ABOUT 1350 TO ABOUT 1500  \n• CHAPTER IV. THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA  \n• CHAPTER V. PERIOD IV. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH  \n• CHAPTER VI. 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Period II: The Norman-French Period, A.D. 1066 to about 1350\n## Chapter III. Period III: The End of the Middle Ages, about 1350 to about 1500\n## Chapter IV. The Medieval Drama\n## Chapter V. Period IV: The Sixteenth Century, the Renaissance and the Reign of Elizabeth\n## Chapter VI. The Drama from about 1550 to 1642\n## Chapter VII. Period V: The Seventeenth Century, 1603–1660: Prose and Poetry\n## Chapter VIII. Period VI: The Restoration, 1660–1700\n## Chapter IX. Period VII: The Eighteenth Century: Pseudo-Classicism and the Beginnings of Modern Romanticism\n## Chapter X. Period VIII: The Romantic Triumph, 1798 to about 1830\n## Chapter XI. 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