目录
Chapter One Old English Literature /1<br>Reading--Beowulf /3<br>Further Reading--Beowulf /12<br>Chapter Two Medieval Literature (1066-1510) /25<br>Reading--The Merchants Tale /29<br>Further Reading--The Pardoners Tale /76<br>Chapter Three Renaissance and Reformation Literature (1510-1620) /101<br>Reading--Hamlet /104<br>Further Reading--Romeo and Juliet /134<br>Chapter Four Revolution and Restoration Literature (1620-1690) /147<br>Reading---Paradise Lost /150<br>Further Reading---Paradise Lost /199<br>Chapter Five Eighteenth-Century Literature (1690-1780) /223<br>Reading--An Essay on Criticism /225<br>Further Reading--Robinson Crusoe /254<br>Chapter Six Literature of the Romantic Period (1780-1830) /267<br>Reading---Daffodils /269<br>Ode to a Nightingale /271<br>Further Reading--Pride and Prejudice /275<br>Chapter Seven High Victorian Literature (1830-1880) /291<br>Reading--Jane Eyre /293<br>Further Reading----Home thoughts, from Abroad /311<br>Sonnets from the Portuguess (Sonnet XIV) /312<br>Chapter Eight Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature (1880-1920) /315<br>Reading--The Wild Swans at Coole /317<br>Further Reading--The War of the Worlds /319<br>Chapter Nine Literature of the Modern Period (1920-1945) /353<br>Reading--The Waste Land /355<br>Further Reading——Ulysses /383<br>Chapter Ten Post-War and Post-Modern Literature /419<br>Reading--Waiting for Godot /421<br>Further Reading--Waiting for Godot /505<br>References /579内容摘要
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