COURSE 5: ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY
Reading edition
By James Cranshaw.
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Any of the following text-books will be found sufficiently full to answer all questions in the general paper up to 1745. After that date, a wider acquaintance with English literature is desirable. Students who wish for a merit or honours certificate must show a more intimate knowledge than is to be gained from mere text-books. In this case he must read the authors themselves, write out his own opinion, and check it with the opinion of recognised critics. Only in this way will English literature live and be of service to him after the examination is passed.
1. Text Books.
Albert (E.)—History of English literature. 1923. Harrap.
Buchan (John) Ed. A history of English literature. 1923. Nelson.
Long (W. J.)—English literature: its history and significance for the life of the English-speaking world. 1909. Ginn & Co.
Saintsbury (George)—Short history of English literature. 1911.
Brooke (Stopford A.)—English literature, A.D. 670-1832. 1897.
Strong (A. T.)—Short history of English literature. 1921.
Bates (K. L.)—American literature. 1898.
Trent (W. P.)—History of American literature. 1903.
2. Reference Books.
Brewer (E. C.)—The Reader’s handbook. 1925.
Cousin (J. W.)—A biographical dictionary of English literature. Everyman’s Library. J. M. Dent.
Cambridge History of American literature. 3 vols. in 4. 1918-21.
Cambridge History of English literature. 14 vols. 1907-1916.
Chambers’s Cyclopedia of English literature. 3 vols. 1903.
Garnett (R.) and Gosse (E.)—English literature: an illustrated record. 4 vols. 1903.
Green (J. R.)—A short history of the English people. 1916.
Jusserand (J. A. A. J.)—A literary history of the English people. 3 vols.
Keller (H. R.)—Reader’s digest of books. 1923.
Seccombe (T.) and Nicoll (Sir W. R.)—“The Bookman” illustrated history of English literature. 2 vols. 1906.
3. Useful Anthologies.
Broadus (E. K.) and Gordon (R. K.)—English prose from Bacon to Hardy. 1918.
Hadow (G. E.) and (W. H.)—Oxford treasury of English literature. 3 vols. 1907.
Hudson (W. H.)—Representative passages from English literature. 1914.
Methuen (A.)—Shakespeare to Hardy. 1922.
Newbolt (Sir H.)—An English anthology of prose and poetry. 1921.
Palgrave (F. T.)—The golden treasury. 2 vols. 1904.
Quiller-Couch (Sir A. T.)—The Oxford book of English prose. 1925.
Quiller-Couch (Sir A. T.) Oxford book of English verse, 1250-1900. 1907.
Ward (T. H.)—The English poets: selections with critical introductions. 5 vols. 1903-1918.
Warren (K. M.)—A treasury of English literature ... to the 18th century. 1906.
There are of course several good anthologies dealing with special periods or special forms. The student is warned, however, against forming any definite opinions from mere selections, as these may reflect editorial idiosyncrasy or be restricted to one side of an author’s work.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: SPECIAL PERIODS.
Part I.—c. 500-1500.
1. Reading.
Albert (E.)—English literature. Chaps. 1-4.
Buchan (J.)—English literature. Section 1 and Appendix.
Long (W. J.)—English literature. Chaps. 1-5.
Brooke (S. A.)—English literature. Chaps. 1-3.
Saintsbury (G.)—English literature. Books 1-4.
Strong (A. T.)—English literature. Chaps. 1-9.
2. Reference.
Brooke (S. A.)—English literature ... to the Conquest. 1908.
Cambridge History of English literature. Vols. 1-3.
Jusserand (J. A. A. J.)—Literary history of English people. Vol. 1.
Schofield (W. H.)—English literature from the Norman Conquest to Chaucer. 1906.
Snell (F. J.) Age of Chaucer, 1346-1400. Handbooks of E.L. 1901.
Snell (F. J.)—Age of transition, 1400-1580. Handbooks of E.L. 1905. 2 vols.
Part II.—1500-1630.
1. Reading.
Albert (E.)—English literature. Chaps. 4-5.
Brooke (S. A.)—English literature Chaps. 3-5.
Buchan (J.)—English literature. Sections 2-3.
Long (W. J.)—English literature. Chaps. 6-7.
Saintsbury (G.)—English literature. Books 5-6.
Strong (A. T.)—English literature. Chaps. 10-14.
2. Reference.
Cambridge History of English literature. Vols. 4-6.
Jusserand (J. A. A. J.)—Literary history of the English people. Vols. 2-3.
Saintsbury (G.)—Elizabethan literature, 1560-1660. 1907.
Snell (F. J.)—The age of transition, 1400-1580. 1905.
Seccombe (T.) and Allen (J. W.)—Age of Shakespeare, 1579-1631. Handbooks of E.L. 2 vols. 1904.
Part III.—1630-1745.
1. Reading.
Albert (E.)—English literature. Chaps. 6-8.
Brooke (S. A.)—English literature. Chaps. 5-6.
Buchan (J.)—English literature. Sections 4-5.
Long (W. J.)—English literature. Chaps. 8-9.
Saintsbury (G.)—English literature. Books 7-8.
Strong (A. T.)—English literature. Chaps. 15-21.
2. Reference.
Gosse (E.)—From Shakespeare to Pope.
Gosse (E.)—History of 18th century literature, 1660-1780. 1902.
Cambridge History of English literature. Vols. 7-9.
Masterman (J. H. B.)—Age of Milton, 1632-1660. Handbooks of E.L. 1901.
Garnett (R.)—Age of Dryden, 1660-1700. Handbooks of E.L. 1895.
Dennis (John)—Age of Pope, 1700-1744. Handbooks of E.L. 1901.
Part IV.—1745-1832.
1. Reading.
Seccombe (T.)—Age of Johnson, 1745-1798. Handbooks of E.L. 1902.
Herford (C. H.)—Age of Wordsworth, 1798-1832. Handbooks of E.L. 1905.
Albert (E.)—English literature. Chaps. 9-10.
Brooke (S. A.)—English literature. Chaps. 7-8.
Buchan (J.)—English literature. Sections 5-6.
Long (W. J.)—English literature. Chaps. 9-10.
Saintsbury (G.)—English literature. Books 9-10.
Strong (A. T.)—English literature. Chaps. 22-28.
Bates (K. L.)—American literature. Chaps. 1-3.
Trent (W. P.)—American literature. Parts 1-3.
2. Reference.
Cambridge History of English literature. Vols. 10-12.
Cambridge History of American literature. Vol. 1.
Minto (W.)—Literature of the Georgian era. 1894.
Phelps (W. L.)—The English romantic movement. 1893.
Beers (H. A.)—The English romantic movement. 2 vols. 1910.
Elton (O.)—Survey of English literature, 1780-1830. 2 vols. 1912.
Part V.—1832-1920.
1. Reading.
Saintsbury (G.)—History of 19th century literature, 1780-1895. 1896.
Walker (Hugh)—The age of Tennyson, 1832-1870. Handbooks of E.L. 1897.
Walker (Hugh)—Literature of the Victorian era. 1910.
Walker (Mr. and Mrs. Hugh)—Outline of Victorian literature. 1914.
Albert (E.)—English literature. Chaps. 11-12.
Buchan (J.)—English literature. Section 6.
Long (W. J.)—English literature. Chap. 11.
Saintsbury (G.)—English literature. Book 11.
Strong (A. T.)—English literature. Chaps. 22-23.
Bates (K. L.)—American literature. Chaps. 4-6.
Trent (W. P.)—American literature. Part 4.
2. Reference.
Cambridge history of English literature. Vols. 12-14.
Cambridge history of American literature. Vols. 2-3.
Cunliffe (J. W.)—English literature during the last half century. 1919.
Elton (Oliver)—Survey of English literature, 1830-1880. 2 vols. 1920.
Jackson (Holbrook)—The Eighteen-nineties. 1913.
Kennedy (J. M.)—English literature, 1880-1905. 1912.
Manly (J. M.) and Rickert (E.)—Contemporary American literature: bibliographies and study outlines. 1923.
Manly (J. M.) and Rickert (E.)—Contemporary British literature: bibliographies and study outlines. 1923.
Williams (Harold)—Modern English writers, 1890-1914.