English Literature from the Restoration Through the Romantic Period (The Britannica Guide to World Literature)

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
CHAPTER 1 RESTORATION LITERATURE......Page 18
THE DEFEATED REPUBLICANS......Page 21
WRITINGS OF THE NONCONFORMISTS......Page 23
WRITINGS OF THE ROYALISTS......Page 27
MAJOR GENRES AND AUTHORS OF THE PERIOD......Page 28
CHRONICLERS......Page 30
DIARISTS......Page 31
THE COURT WITS......Page 44
JOHN DRYDEN......Page 46
DRAMA BY DRYDEN AND OTHERS......Page 50
CHAPTER 2 THE 18TH CENTURY......Page 52
PUBLICATION OF POLITICAL MATERIAL......Page 53
PERIODICAL JOURNALISM......Page 54
MAJOR POLITICAL WRITERS......Page 59
ALEXANDER POPE......Page 60
THOMSON, PRIOR, AND GAY......Page 69
SWIFT......Page 70
SHAFTESBURY AND OTHERS......Page 79
DANIEL DEFOE......Page 82
SAMUEL RICHARDSON......Page 83
HENRY FIELDING......Page 91
TOBIAS SMOLLETT......Page 97
LAURENCE STERNE......Page 103
FANNY BURNEY......Page 109
POETS AND POETRY AFTER POPE......Page 112
ROBERT BURNS......Page 114
SAMUEL JOHNSON’S POETRY AND PROSE......Page 122
18TH-CENTURY DRAMA......Page 127
POETRY......Page 135
THE MAJOR ROMANTIC POETS......Page 138
OTHER POETS OF THE EARLY ROMANTIC PERIOD......Page 195
OTHER POETS OF THE LATER PERIOD......Page 198
THE NOVEL......Page 199
GOTHIC NOVEL......Page 201
POLITICAL FICTION......Page 204
WOMEN AND PROSE FICTION......Page 205
SIR WALTER SCOTT......Page 207
DISCURSIVE PROSE......Page 214
CHARLES LAMB......Page 215
WILLIAM HAZLITT......Page 218
THOMAS DE QUINCEY......Page 220
DRAMA......Page 222
EPILOGUE......Page 227
GLOSSARY......Page 229
THE RESTORATION AND THE 18TH CENTURY......Page 231
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD......Page 232
INDEX......Page 233