Sketches of English Literature, from the Fourteenth to the Present CenturyCambridge 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 |
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century Clara Lucas Balfour Volledige weergave - 1852 |
Sketches of English Literature, from the fourteenth to the present century Clara Lucas BALFOUR Volledige weergave - 1852 |
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