1 WHAT IS LITERATURE?

2 WHAT IS ENGLISH LITERATURE?

3 THE FIRST ENGLISH LITERATURE

4 THE COMING OF THE NORMANS

5 CHAUCER AND AFTER

INTERLUDE-THE ENGLISH BIBLE

6 THE BEGINNINGS OF DRAMA

7 THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH DRAMA

8 EARLY ELIZABETHAN DRAMA

9 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

10 OTHER ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS

11 TUDOR POETRY AND PROSE

12 THE AGE OF MILTON:END OF A PERIOD

13 THE AGE OF DRYDEN

14 THE NEW DRAMA

15 POETRY IN THE AGE OF REASON

16 PROSE IN THE AGE OF REASON

17 THE ROMANTICS

18 THE VICTORIAN AGE

19 FRESH LIFE IN THE DRAMA

20 THE COMING OF THE MODERN AGE

21 TO THE PRESENT DAY

APPENDIX A-ENGLISH VERSE FORMS

APPENDIX B-CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

INDEX