Chapter 01 The Renaissance Period
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's life
Shakespeare's literary creation
Selected readings
Hamlet
A plot summary of Hamlet
Reading guide
An excerpt from Hamlet
Sonnet 18
Chapter 02 The Puritan Age
John Donne
John Donne's life
John Donne's literary creation
Selected readings
Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star
The Sun Rising
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
John Milton
John Milton's life
John Milton's literary creation
Features of Milton's poetry
Selected readings
Paradise Lost
A plot summary of Paradise Lost
Reading guide
An excerpt from Paradise Lost
On His Blindness
John Bunyan
John Bunyan's life
Bunyan's literary creation
Selected reading
The Pilgrim's Progress
A plot summary of the allegory
Reading guide
An excerpt from The Pilgrim's Progress
Chapter 03 The Neoclassical Period
Jonathan Swift
Swift's life
Swift's literary creation
Selected readings
A Modest Proposal
Gulliver's Travels
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Part 1
Henry Fielding
Fielding's life
Fielding's literary creation
Selected reading
Tom Jones
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Chapter VIII, Book III
An excerpt from Chapter X, Book III
An excerpt from Chapter VII, Book VII
Thomas Gray
Gray's life
Works of Gray
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Chapter 04 The Age of Romanticism
Chapter 05 The Victorian Period
Chapter 06 The Modrn Period
Chapter 07 The Postmodern Period