Chapter One Old English Literature /1
Reading--Beowulf /3
Further Reading--Beowulf /12
Chapter Two Medieval Literature (1066-1510) /25
Reading--The Merchants Tale /29
Further Reading--The Pardoners Tale /76
Chapter Three Renaissance and Reformation Literature (1510-1620) /101
Reading--Hamlet /104
Further Reading--Romeo and Juliet /134
Chapter Four Revolution and Restoration Literature (1620-1690) /147
Reading---Paradise Lost /150
Further Reading---Paradise Lost /199
Chapter Five Eighteenth-Century Literature (1690-1780) /223
Reading--An Essay on Criticism /225
Further Reading--Robinson Crusoe /254
Chapter Six Literature of the Romantic Period (1780-1830) /267
Reading---Daffodils /269
Ode to a Nightingale /271
Further Reading--Pride and Prejudice /275
Chapter Seven High Victorian Literature (1830-1880) /291
Reading--Jane Eyre /293
Further Reading----Home thoughts, from Abroad /311
Sonnets from the Portuguess (Sonnet XIV) /312
Chapter Eight Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature (1880-1920) /315
Reading--The Wild Swans at Coole /317
Further Reading--The War of the Worlds /319
Chapter Nine Literature of the Modern Period (1920-1945) /353
Reading--The Waste Land /355
Further Reading——Ulysses /383
Chapter Ten Post-War and Post-Modern Literature /419
Reading--Waiting for Godot /421
Further Reading--Waiting for Godot /505
References /579