Chapter One Old English Literature

Reading——Beowulf

Further Reading-——Beowulf

Chapter Two Medieval Literature（1066-1510）

Reading——The Merchant’s Tale

Further Reading——The Pardoner’s Tale

Chapter Three Renaissance and Reformation Literature（1510-1620）

Reading——Hamlet

Further Reading——Romeo and Juliet

Chapter Four Revolution and Restoration Literature（1620-1690）

Reading——Paradise Lost

Further Reading——Paradise Lost

Chapter Five Eighteenth-Century Literature（1690-1780）

Reading——An Essay on Criticism

Further Reading——Robinson Crusoe

Chapter Six Literature of the Romantic Period（1780-1830）

Reading-Daffodils

Ode to a Nightingale

Further Reading——Pride and Prejudice

Chapter Seven High Victorian Literature（1830-1880）

Reading——Jane Eyre

Further Reading——-Home thoughts，from Abroad

Sonnets from the Portuguess（Sonnet ⅩⅣ）

Chapter Eight Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature（1880-1920）

Reading——The Wild Swans at Coole

Further Reading——The War of the Worlds

Chapter Nine Literature of the Modern Period（1920-1945）

Reading——The Waste Land

Further Reading——Ulysses

Chapter Ten Post-War and Post-Modern Literature

Reading——Waiting for Godot

Further Reading--Waiting for Godot

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