English LiteratureWORLDReading editionChapter navigation38 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…WORLDTHIS BOOKPREFACEChapter I · INTRODUCTION--THE MEANING OF LITERATUREChapter II · THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-ENGLISH PERIODChapter III · THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIODChapter IV · THE AGE OF CHAUCERChapter V · THE REVIVAL OF LEARNINGChapter VI · THE AGE OF ELIZABETHChapter VII · THE PURITAN AGEChapter VIII · PERIOD OF THE RESTORATIONChapter IX · EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATUREChapter X · THE AGE OF ROMANTICISMChapter XI · THE VICTORIAN AGEGENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXFULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONSChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VI · (continued 2)Chapter VIIChapter VII · (continued 2)Chapter VIIIChapter IXChapter IX · (continued 2)Chapter IX · (continued 3)Chapter XChapter X · (continued 2)Chapter XIChapter XI · (continued 2)Chapter XI · (continued 3)GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHYBiographyINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THIS BOOKAll chapters and sections (38)Other sectionsWORLDTHIS BOOKPREFACEChapters1234567891011Other sectionsGENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXFULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONSChapters12345667789991010111111Other sectionsGENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHYBiographyINDEXA TEXT-BOOK FOR SCHOOLSBYWILLIAM J. LONG, PH.D. (Heidelberg)THIS BOOK →