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The foreign debt of English literature

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The author offers a concise, comparative survey showing how English literature has incorporated forms, themes, and ideas from Greek, Latin, medieval and modern European and Near Eastern sources. Chapters trace specific currents from classical antiquity through the Dark Ages into French and Italian borrowings, and summarize Spanish, German, Celtic, and Hebrew influences, illustrated by examples such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and Shelley. Intended as an accessible guide for students, the work emphasizes interdependence over originality, provides epitomes rather than exhaustive scholarship, and concludes with synoptical tables and indexes to aid further study.

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LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS

HANDBOOKS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

EDITED BY PROFESSOR HALES.

“The admirable series of handbooks edited by Professor Hales is rapidly taking shape as one of the best histories of our literature that are at the disposal of the student.... When complete there is little doubt that we shall have a history of English literature which, holding a middle course between the rapid general survey and the minute examination of particular periods, will long remain a standard work.”—Manchester Guardian.

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THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1346-1400). By F. J. Snell, M.A. With an Introduction by Professor Hales.

THE AGE OF TRANSITION (1400-1579). By F. J. Snell, M.A. In 2 vols. With Introduction by Professor Hales. Vol. I.—Poetry. Vol. II.—Prose and Drama.

THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE (1579-1631). By Thos. Seccombe and J. W. Allen. In 2 vols. Vol. I.—Poetry and Prose, with an Introduction by Professor Hales. Vol. II.—Drama. Second Edition, revised.

THE AGE OF MILTON (1632-1660). By the Rev. J. H. B. Masterman, M.A., with an Introduction, &c., by J. Bass Mullinger, M.A. Second Edition.

THE AGE OF DRYDEN (1660-1700). By Richard Garnett, C.B., LL.D. Fourth Edition.

THE AGE OF POPE (1700-1744). By John Dennis. Fourth Edition.

THE AGE OF JOHNSON (1744-1798). By Thomas Seccombe. Second Edition.

THE AGE OF WORDSWORTH (1798-1832). By Professor C. H. Herford, Litt.D. Third Edition.

THE AGE OF TENNYSON (1830-1870). By Professor Hugh Walker, M.A. Third Edition.

HISTORY OF EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE

BY BERNHARD TEN BRINK.

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Vol. I.—TO WYCLIF. Translated into English by Horace M. Kennedy, Professor of German Literature in the Brooklyn Collegiate Institute. Fifth Edition.

Vol. II.—WYCLIF, CHAUCER, EARLIEST DRAMA, RENAISSANCE. Translated by W. Clarke Robinson, Ph.D.

Vol. III.—LANCASTER AND YORK. RENAISSANCE UP TO SURREY’S DEATH. Translated by L. Dora Schmitz.

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

By T. R. LOUNSBURY, Professor in Yale University.

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INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE

By HENRY S. PANCOAST.

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  • BROWNING. By Sir Frank T. Marzials, C.B.
  • CHAUCER. By Rev. W. Tuckwell.
  • COLERIDGE. By Dr. Garnett, C.B.
  • DANTE. By M. L. Egerton Castle.
  • DEFOE. By Albinia Wherry.
  • DE QUINCEY. By Henry S. Salt.
  • DICKENS. By W. Teignmouth Shore.
  • JOHNSON. By John Dennis.
  • LAMB. By Walter Jerrold.
  • MILTON. By Dr. Williamson.
  • MOLIÈRE. By Sir Frank T. Marzials, C.B.
  • SHAKESPEARE. By Alfred Ewen.
  • SPENSER. By Rev. W. Tuckwell
  • HORACE. By Rev. W. Tuckwell.

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  • TENNYSON. By Dr. Williamson.
  • CARLYLE. By Prof. Richard Jones, Ph.D.
  • GOLDSMITH. By E. Lang Buckland.
  • XENOPHON. By E. C. Marchant, M.A.