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TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D. LLD.RICHARD HENRY STODDARDARTHUR RICHMOND MARSH. A.B.PAUL VAN DYKE, D.D.ALBERT ELLERY BERGH
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HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE
HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BYHENRY VAN LAUN
WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY
J. SCOTT CLARK, A. M.
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
REVISED EDITION
VOLUME III
CONTENTS
BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE
(Continued)
CHAPTER SEVENTH
The Poets
Section I.—The Domination of the Classical Spirit 3
Section II.—Alexander Pope.—His Education and Mode of Life 5
Section III.—Eloisa to Abelard.—The Rape of the Lock.—The Dunciad 10
Section IV.—Pope's Descriptive Talent.—His Didactic Poems 19
Section V.—The Poets Prior, Gay, and Thomson 28
Section VI.—The Beginnings of the Modern Age 34
BOOK IV.—MODERN LIFE
CHAPTER FIRST
Ideas and Productions
Section I.—Rise of Democracy 43
Section II.—Robert Burns 48
Section III.—Conservative rule in England.—Cowper's Poetry 65
Section IV.—The Romantic School 72
Section V.—Philosophy Enters into Literature.—Wordsworth.—Shelley 87