History of English Literature, Volume 1

H. Holt, 1875

Historical documents serve only as a clue to reconstruct the visible indi	2

V	12

POETRY	17

Chief causes of thoughts and feeling Their historical effects	18

THE SOURCE	27

tianityHow convertedTheir view of ChristianityHymns	52

elements	66

Contrast of German and Latin racesCharacter of the Saxon race	67

17	177

8234	193

22	207

PROSE	226

How poetry passes into proseConnection of science and artIn	232

Sir Thomas BrowneHis talentHis imagination is that of	241

The publicThe stage	256

English mannersExpansion of the energetic and gloomy character	262

V	85

tion of the English constitutionEndurance of the Saxon charac	97

Value	99

Their original countrySoil sea sky climateTheir new coun	112

CHAPTER III	119

Formation and character of Feudalism	133

12	135

Wherein Chaucer is FrenchSatirical and jovial poemsCanterbury	136

Wherein Chaucer was English and originalIdea of character	143

Growth and completion of artEuphues and fashionStyle	161

15	169

Male charactersFurious passionsTragical eventsExaggerated	284

Female charactersGermanic idea of love and marriageEuphrasia	296

CHAPTER III	306

27	313

ComediesHis reformation and theory of the theatre Satirical	315

Conditions of human reasonShakespeares master faculty	337

StyleImagesExcessesIncongruitiesCopiousnessDifference	353

The dramatis personæAll of the same familyBrutes and idiots	364

WomenDesdemona Virginia Juliet Miranda Imogen Cordelia	373

Principal charactersExcess and disease of the imaginationLear	379

FancyAgreement of imagination with observation in Shakespeare	393

Título	History of English Literature, Volume 1 History of English Literature, Hippolyte Taine
Autor	Hippolyte Taine
Editora	H. Holt, 1875
Original de	Universidade de Berna
Digitalizado	6 Nov 2020

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