: English Literature Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Copp E Henry - English literature History and criticism

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THE HISTORICAL SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT.

Literature and Science--English Literature--General Principle--Celts and Cymry--Roman Conquest--Coming of the Saxons--Danish Invasions--The Norman Conquest--Changes in Language

LITERATURE A TEACHER OF HISTORY. CELTIC REMAINS.

The Uses of Literature--Italy, France, England--Purpose of the Work--Celtic Literary Remains--Druids and Druidism--Roman Writers--Psalter of Cashel--Welsh Triads and Mabinogion--Gildas and St. Colm

ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE AND HISTORY.

The Lineage of the Anglo-Saxon--Earliest Saxon Poem--Metrical Arrangement--Periphrasis and Alliteration--Beowulf--Caedmon--Other Saxon Fragments--The Appearance of Bede

THE VENERABLE BEDE AND THE SAXON CHRONICLE.

Biography--Ecclesiastical History--The Recorded Miracles--Bede's Latin--Other Writers--The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: its Value--Alfred the Great--Effect of the Danish Invasions

THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND ITS EARLIEST LITERATURE.

Norman Rule--Its Oppression--Its Benefits--William of Malmesbury--Geoffrey of Monmouth--Other Latin Chronicles--Anglo-Norman Poets--Richard Wace--Other Poets

THE MORNING TWILIGHT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Semi-Saxon Literature--Layamon--The Ormulum--Robert of Gloucester--Langland. Piers Plowman--Piers Plowman's Creed--Sir Jean Froissart--Sir John Mandevil

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