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Chapter 1 Old English Literature 1

Ⅰ．Historical Background 1

Ⅱ．The Development of the English Language 2

Ⅲ．Literary Features 3

Ⅳ．Representative Writers and Works 4

Ⅴ．Beowulf and the Heroic Epic Tradition 5

Chapter 2 Middle English Literature (1066-1510) 8

Ⅰ．Historical Background 8

Ⅱ．Literary Features 10

Ⅲ．Romance andSir Gawain 13

Ⅳ．PopularBallad 15

Ⅴ．Medieval Drama 15

Ⅵ．William Langland andPiers Plowman 16

Ⅶ．Geoffrey Chaucer 17

Ⅷ．Reading 23

Chapter 3 Litetrature of Renaissanceand Reformation（1510-1620) 26

Ⅰ．Historical Background 26

Ⅱ．Literary Features 28

Ⅲ．Renaissance Poetry 29

Ⅳ．Renaissance Prose 33

Ⅴ．Renaissance Drama 34

Ⅵ．William Shakespeare 39

Ⅶ．Reading 57

Chapter 4 Literature of Revolution and Restoration 1620-90) 60

Ⅰ．Historical Background and Literary Features 60

Ⅱ．Seventeenth-Century Prose 62

Ⅲ．Seventeenth-Century Drama 67

Ⅳ．Seventeenth-Century Poetry 71

Ⅴ．JohnMilton 76

Ⅵ．Reading 83

Chapter 5 The Eighteenth Century Literature(1690-1780) 87

Ⅰ．Historical Background 87

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures 90

Ⅲ．Eighteenth-CenturyPoetry 91

Ⅳ．Eighteenth-Century Prose 95

Ⅴ．Eighteenth-Century Novel 101

Ⅵ．Eighteenth-Century Drama 110

Ⅶ．Reading 112

Chapter 6 The Literature of the Romantic Period(1780-1831) 119

Ⅰ．Historical Background 119

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures 121

Ⅲ．Romantic Poetry 123

Ⅳ．RomanticEssayists 143

Ⅴ．TheNovelintheRomanticPeriod 145

Ⅵ．Reading 154

Chapter 7 Victorian Literature (1832-1900) 162

Ⅰ．Historical Background 162

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures 164

Ⅲ．VictorianNovel 164

Ⅳ．Victorian Poetry 205

Ⅴ．VictorianCriticsandHistorians 216

Ⅵ．VictorianDrama 220

Ⅶ．Reading 226

Chapter 8 The Twentieth Century Literature(1900-45） 230

Ⅰ．Historical Background 230

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures 232

Ⅲ．Modern Poetry to 1945 233

Ⅳ．Modern Drama to 1945 243

Ⅴ．Modern Novels to 1945 247

Ⅵ．Reading 276

Chapter 9 English Literature Since 1945 281

Ⅰ．Historical Background 281

Ⅱ．LiteraryFeatures 282

Ⅲ．DramaSince 1945 284

Ⅳ．NovelSince 1945 294

Ⅴ．PoetrySince 1945 303

Ⅵ．Reading 308

Selected Bibliography 316