CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1.

KELTIC AND FIRST ENGLISH LITERATURE (A.D. 248--1066)

CHAPTER II.

KOMANCES AND CHRONICLES (1066—1300) ... ... ...

CHAPTER III.

CHAUCER (1328—1400) ... ... ... ... ...

CHAPTER IV.

GOWER, WYCLIF, AND LANGLAND (1300-1400)

CHAPTER V.

LITERATURE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ... ...

CHAPTER VI.

LATIMER

CHAPTER VII.

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE-POETRY (1588—1599) ...

CHAPTER VIII.

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE-PLAYS AND PLAY-WRITERS

(1564–1616) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

CHAPTER IX.

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE-STORIES (1558--1603) ... .

CHAPTER X.

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE-RELIGION : RICHARD HOOKER

(1558—1600) ... ...

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STORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

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