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The prefaces explain why perspectives and critical judgments changed over the prior decades, highlight a thoroughly rewritten post-Victorian chapter, and describe efforts to bring the literary narrative up to date. The revision process also introduces a newly compiled bibliography to reflect more recent research and scholarship while preserving the original method and layout as far as possible.","History of  \nEnglish Literature  \nby EDWARD ALBERT Revised by J. A. STONE  \nFifth Edition  \nOXFORD  \nUNIVERSITY PRESS  \n[Page Blank]  \nOXFORD  \nUNIVERSITY PRESS  \nPlot Al-5, Block-GP, Sector-V, Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Calcutta 700 091 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.  \nIt furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta  \nCape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw  \nwith associated companies in Berlin Ibadan  \nOxford is a trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted  \nDatabase right Oxford University Press (maker)  \n© This edition George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1979 Copyright, All rights reserved First published in Great Britain 1923 by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 182-184 High Holborn, London W.C.IV 7AX Fourth edition, revised and enlarged, 1971  \nFirst printed in India by Oxford University Press by arrangement with the original publishers 1975  \nFifth edition, revised and enlarged 1979 Twenty-sixth impression, 2000  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press.  \nor as expressly permitted by law. or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer  \nISBN 0-19-561224-8  \nPrinted in India by  \nNepro Offset, 156A Lenin Sarani, Calcutta 700 013 and published by Manzar Khan, Oxford University Press,  \nPlot Al-5 . Block-GP, Sector-V, Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Calcutta 700 091  \nPREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION  \nAlbert's History of English Literature has won for itself a secure place as a study of literary history and criticism. Its continued popularity suggests that the value of its judgments remains for the most part unimpaired. In places, however, the last twenty years have inevitably seen changes of perspective and revaluations; these the present edition seeks to incorporate, while yet preserving of its predecessor all that is in line with modern thought. The chapter on post-Victorian writers, which has felt most strongly the impact of fresh evaluations, has been completely rewritten, and, difficult though it is to view things so close at hand in any true perspective, the attempt has been made to bring the story of our literature up to date.  \nThe entirely new bibliography will, it is hoped, enable those who wish to pursue their studies further to acquaint themselves not only with the standard authorities, but with more recent research, and thus gain some impression of the changing trends of critical opinion.  \nThe method and layout of the original work have been preserved as far as possible, except that considerations of length have necessitated the omission of the exercises atthe end of each chapter and at the end of the book as a whole.  \nFor the revision of the first two chapters I am indebted to Dr Kenneth Cameron, Lecturer in English in Nottingham University.  \nJ. A. S.  \nPREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION  \nIt is a truism to say that in literary history, as in all else, nothing stands still; and it is therefore not surprising that in our time of vigorous literary activity further material on current trends should again be required. In view of this, considerable amendments have been made to statements in Chapter XIII, while Chapter XIV, on  \n6  \nthe contemporary literar","cbCaiegUqWBnHs8G","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiegUqWBnHs8G","pdf",2524482,1,726,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Chapter I. The Old English Period\n## Chapter II. The Middle English Period\n## Chapter III. 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