The Literary History of England: Vol 3: The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1789)

Contents......Page 8
The Spirit of the Restoration......Page 14
Literary Criticism of the Restoration......Page 25
The Poetry of Dryden......Page 37
Minor Poets of the Restoration......Page 48
Restoration Drama: I. Heroic Plays and Tragedies......Page 63
Restoration Drama: II. Comedy......Page 77
Patterns in Historical Writing......Page 95
Types of Prose Fiction......Page 108
The Essay and Allied Forms......Page 121
Eighteenth-Century Quality......Page 138
The Critical Temper and Doctrine, 1700–1750......Page 148
Defoe and Journalism......Page 162
Jonathan Swift......Page 172
Addison, Steele, and the Periodical Essay......Page 185
The Drama, 1700–1740......Page 198
Traditions in Early Eighteenth-Century Poetry......Page 213
Pope and His Group......Page 230
New Voices in Poetry......Page 248
The Mid-Century Novel......Page 265
Accentuated Tendencies......Page 282
Opinions of Critics......Page 292
Dr. Johnson......Page 304
Mid-Century Poets......Page 320
The Novel After 1760......Page 336
The Drama, 1740–1785......Page 350
The Periodicals and Oliver Goldsmith......Page 365
Biography and Letter-Writing......Page 378
Intellectual Prose......Page 396
Cowper and Burns......Page 410