PART Ⅰ Outline Sketch of English Literature 1
CHAPTER 1 FROM THE CONQUEST TO CHAUCER 1
CHAPTER 2 FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER 17
CHAPTER 3 THE AGE OF SHAKSPERE 35
CHAPTER 4 THE AGE OF MILTON 61
CHAPTER 5 FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE DEATH OF POPE 82
CHAPTER 6 FROM THE DEATH OF POPE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 98
CHAPTER 7 FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE DEATH OF SCOTT 113
CHAPTER 8 FROM THE DEATH OF SCOTT TO THE PRESENT TIME 136
CHAPTER 9 THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS LITERATURE IN GREAT BRITAIN 153
PART Ⅱ Outline Sketch of American Literature 161
CHAPTER 10 THE COLONIAL PERIOD 161
CHAPTER 11 THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD 184
CHAPTER 12 THE ERA OF NATIONAL EXPANSION 202
CHAPTER 13 THE CONCORD WRITERS 220
CHAPTER 14 THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS 240
CHAPTER 15 LITERATURE IN THE CITIES 261
CHAPTER 16 LITERATURE SINCE 1861 284
CHAPTER 17 THEOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS LITERATURE IN AMERICA 305