Volume 2 / Part 2 — PART II.—The Worldlings

PART II.—The Worldlings

SECTION I.—Court Life in Europe 168 SECTION II.—Dawn of the Classic Spirit 170 SECTION III.—Sir William Temple 173 SECTION IV.—Writers à la Mode 178 SECTION V.—Sir John Denham 185 SECTION VI.—Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar 188 SECTION VII.—Superficiality of English Comedy 195 SECTION VIII.—Natural Characters 198 SECTION IX.—Artificial Characters 202 SECTION X.—Sheridan.—Decadence of the Theatre 211

CHAPTER SECOND Dryden

SECTION I.—Dryden's Début 222 SECTION II.—Dryden's Family and Education 223 SECTION III.—Dramatic Theories of Dryden 226 SECTION IV.—The Style of Dryden's Plays 236 SECTION V.—His Merit as a Dramatist 242 SECTION VI.—His Prose Style 252 SECTION VII.—How Literature in England is Occupied with Politics and Religion 257 SECTION VIII.—Development of the Art of Writing 263 SECTION IX.—Dryden's Translations and Adaptations.—His Occasional Soul—Stirring Verses 265 SECTION X.—Misfortunes Of Dryden's Old Age 271

CHAPTER THIRD The Revolution

SECTION I.—The Moral Revolution 273 SECTION II.—Brutality Of The People.—Private Morals.—Chesterfield and Gay 273 SECTION III.—Principles of Civilization in France and England 281 SECTION IV.—Religion 286 SECTION V.—The Pulpit 292 SECTION VI.—Theology 300 SECTION VII.—The Constitution.—Locke's Theory of Government 305 SECTION VIII.—Parliamentary Orators 311 SECTION IX.—Doctrines of the French Revolution Contrasted with the Conservative Tendencies of the English People 320

CHAPTER FOURTH Addison

SECTION I.—The Significance of the Writings of Addison and Swift 327 SECTION II.—Addison's Character and Education 327 SECTION III.—Addison's Seriousness.—His Nobility of Character 333 SECTION IV.—The Morality of Addison's Essays 336 SECTION V.—How Addison made Morality Fashionable.—Characteristics of his Style 344 SECTION VI.—Addison's Gallantry.—His Humor.—Sir Roger de Coverley.—The Vision of Mirza 349

CHAPTER FIFTH Swift

SECTION I.—Concerning Swift's Life and Character 360 SECTION II.—Swift's Prosaic and Positive Mind 368 SECTION III.—Swift as a Political Pamphleteer 371 SECTION IV.—Swift as a Humorist.—As a Poet 380 SECTION V.—Swift as a Narrator and Philosopher 389

CHAPTER SIXTH The Novelists

SECTION I.—The Anti-Romantic Novel 402 SECTION II.—Daniel De Foe 402 SECTION III.—The Evolution of the Eighteenth Century Novel 410 SECTION IV.—Samuel Richardson 412 SECTION V.—Henry Fielding 424 SECTION VI.—Tobias Smollett 433 SECTION VII.—Laurence Sterne 437 SECTION VIII.—Oliver Goldsmith 440 SECTION IX.—Samuel Johnson 444 SECTION X.—William Hogarth 450

INDEX