Chapter One Old English Literature 1
Reading——Beowulf 3
Further Reading-——Beowulf 12
Chapter Two Medieval Literature（1066-1510） 25
Reading——The Merchant’s Tale 29
Further Reading——The Pardoner’s Tale 76
Chapter Three Renaissance and Reformation Literature（1510-1620） 101
Reading——Hamlet 104
Further Reading——Romeo and Juliet 134
Chapter Four Revolution and Restoration Literature（1620-1690） 147
Reading——Paradise Lost 150
Further Reading——Paradise Lost 199
Chapter Five Eighteenth-Century Literature（1690-1780） 223
Reading——An Essay on Criticism 225
Further Reading——Robinson Crusoe 254
Chapter Six Literature of the Romantic Period（1780-1830） 267
Reading-Daffodils 269
Ode to a Nightingale 271
Further Reading——Pride and Prejudice 275
Chapter Seven High Victorian Literature（1830-1880） 291
Reading——Jane Eyre 293
Further Reading——-Home thoughts，from Abroad 311
Sonnets from the Portuguess（Sonnet ⅩⅣ） 312
Chapter Eight Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature（1880-1920） 315
Reading——The Wild Swans at Coole 317
Further Reading——The War of the Worlds 319
Chapter Nine Literature of the Modern Period（1920-1945） 353
Reading——The Waste Land 355
Further Reading——Ulysses 383
Chapter Ten Post-War and Post-Modern Literature 419
Reading——Waiting for Godot 421
Further Reading--Waiting for Godot 505
References 579