History of English Literature, Volume 2

Grosset, 1908

THE CLASSIC	1

and moralityGays Beggars OperaHis elegance	73

Principles of civilisation in France and England	85

rv Religion Visible signs Its profound sentiment	91

The pulpitMediocrity and efficacy of preaching	99

TheologyComparison of the French and English	111

The Constitution Sentiment of rightLockes	119

Parliamentary eloquenceIts energy and harshness	128

His witHis power and its limitsProsaic	210

Attainment of pure artPortrait of Henry Esmond	214

Χ Literature is a definition of man The definition	224

CHAPTER III	227

His criticismMoral prejudicesComparison	233

His talent Taste for demonstrationTaste	243

English marks of his talentRudeness Humour	263

The satiristHis moral intentions His moral dis	282

and ConservativesJudgment of Burke and	140

CHAPTER IV	150

Gravity and rationalitySolid studies and exact	158

His prosaic and realistic poetryThe Grand	226

The narrator and philosopherA Tale of a TubHis	239

CHAPTER VI	257

Ⅲ Circumstances which gave rise to the novels of	268

criticism and artWhat is lacking in the elo	271

FieldingMood character and life Joseph	289

The Poets	330

Grave pleasantryHumourSerious and fertile	353

Discredit of the drawingroomAppearance of	372

CHAPTER V	381

Drydens beginnings Close of the poetic age	1

Style of his drama Rhymed verse Flowery	21

Merits of this dramaCharacters of Antony	29

ManfredComparison of Manfred and FaustCon	34

Dryden as a writerKind scope and limits of	43

Scandal in EnglandConstraint and hypocrisy	47

How literature in England is occupied with politics	51

Rise of the art of writingDifference between	59

Position of Byron in his ageDisease of the age	65

Drydens latter days Wretchedness Poverty	71

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ChildrenWanting in French literature Little	159

The ideal man according to DickensWherein this	163

Swift	165

man the town gentlemanAdvantages of this	191

Swifts début Character Pride Sensitiveness	198

THE SATIRIST	205

The ManFamilyImpassioned characterPre	285

HumourWherein it consists It is Germanic	291

SmollettRoderick RandomPeregrine PickleCom	300

SterneExcessive study of human particularities	306

Every object is a group and every employment	307

Comparison of raillery in France and England	313

Ⅱ Samuel JohnsonHis authorityPersonManners	316

of German speculations 318	318

How we may form into one another positive poetic	328

Rule and realm of the classical spiritIts char	330

Future of CriticismWherein it is contrary to	338

Ⅲ Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard What the passions	340

His history of the French Revolution Severity	349

Descriptive talent Oratorical talent Didactic	353

Criticism of these theoriesDangers of enthusiasm	355

of mindTo what school of philosophers	360

Incongruity of the English mind and the classical	364

The system based on this view of the nature of	369

Theory of axiomsOrdinary theoryIts refutation	379

Theory of inductionThe cause of a fact is only	388

� Robert Burns His country Family Youth	389

DeductionIts province and method 395	395

The Revolution	414

NovelsIncompleteness of his historical imita	422

His short poemsOratorical mannerMelodramatic	427

Second periodPopularity good fortune and life	436

Wordworths sonnetsThe ExcursionAustere	442

How Tennyson repeats the ingenuousness and sim	447

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Title	History of English Literature, Volume 2 History of English Literature, Hippolyte Taine
Author	Hippolyte Taine
Translated by	Henri Van Laun
Publisher	Grosset, 1908

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