Sketches of English Literature, from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

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Cambridge University Press, 19 aug 2010 - 418 pagina's
Clara Lucas Balfour (1808-1878) published Sketches of English Literature in 1852. The work surveys the development of English literature from the revival of letters in the fourteenth century to the literary controversies of the mid-nineteenth. Balfour places a special focus on the work of women writers. The first chapters consider the impact of the Renaissance and Reformation, the development of printing, and the publication of early vernacular Bibles on English literature; and examine the work of a number of Elizabethan writers, including Spenser and Shakespeare. The survey continues with evaluations of later writers including Milton, Dryden and a number of female poets. Later chapters analyse the influence of science on literature and the work concludes with an examination of nineteenth-century socially conscious literature. Balfour's lively and accessible style ensured that the work became a favourite of educated Victorians. It is a classic of popular nineteenth-century literature.
 

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Introduction
1
The Art of Printing its Professors and Patrons
49
Female Education and Influence after the Introduc
65
The Reformation and the Literary Activity of its Era
76
CHAP V
92
CHAP VI
100
CHAP VII
113
Minor Poets between the Time of Shakspeare
132
CHAP XII
200
their Students and Expositors
213
CHAP XIV
225
CHAP XV
275
Female Writers of the last half of the Eighteenth
287
Modern Female Poets Mrs TigheMrs Hemans
311
Illustrious youthful Poets Henry Kirke White
330
CHAP XIX
362

CHAP IX
144
CHAP X
151
CHAP XI
182
CHAP XX
385
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