History of English Literature, Band 2

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INTRODUCTION	17

Tom JonesCharacter of the squíreFieldings heroesAmeliaFaults	18

V	23

SmollettRoderick RandomPeregrine PickleComparison of Smollett	45

11	59

V	67

INTRODUCTORY NOTE 10 581	72

The Saxons in EnglandEndurance of the Saxon nation and formation of	73

ReligionVisible signsIts profound sentimentReligion popularLifelike	394

27	408

THE SOURCE	416

The poetReasons for writingManner of writingHow his poetry is personal	427

The moralistHis essays are all moralAgainst gross sensual or worldly life	431

II	435

His witHis power and its limitsProsaic and positive mindHolding a posi	439

BickerstaffCoarseness of his galantryCadenus and VanessaHis prosaic	445

IV	76

CHAPTER III	85

CHAPTER I	107

The Theatre	111

ModelsThe ancientsTranslation and study of classical authorsSympathy	113

Pastoral poetryThe great number of poetsSpirit and force of the poetryState	120

X	123

love and beautyCopiousness of his imaginationHow far it was suited	131

23	133

24	157

Manners of the sixteenth centuryViolent and complete expansion of nature	160

V	173

The masters of the school in the school and in their ageJonsonHis mood	186

General idea of ShakspeareThe fundamental idea in ShakspeareConditions	224

VII	252

V	285

MODERN LIFE	309

25	315

The Nobel Dickens	331

ActionComplication of intriguesFrivolity of purposeCrudeness of the charac	344

X	353

XI	359

348	366

Merits of this dramaCharacters of Antony and Don SebastianOtwayLife	367

poems of Dryden Absalom and Achitophel The MedalReligious poems	380

CHAPTER III	386

Characteristic of the English novelHow it differs from others 436	451

IV	489

Conservative rule in EnglandAt first the Revolution affects the style only	519

rriageHe becomes	532

A Connection of the different elements of each talentImportance of the imaginative	534

SocietyFamilyArtsPhilosophyReligion	569

Circumstances which gave rise to the novels of the eighteenth centuryAll these	584

Vehemence of the emotions which this kind of imagination must produceHis	589

3 THE CHARACTERS	597

CHAPTER II	603

SwiftThe duties of an ambassador	611

Attainment of pure artPortrait of Henry EsmondHistorical talent of Thack	622

His passion for political libertyHow he is the orator and historian of the Whig	629

English marks of his talentRudenessHumorPoetry	637

styleImagesExcessesIncongruitiesCopiousness	638

Comparison of Macaulay with French historiansWherein he is classicalWherein	647

HIS METHOD IS MORAL NOT SCIENTIFICWHEREIN HE RESEMBLES	649

Barriers which hold and direct himPerception of the real and of the sublime	654

INTRODUCTION OF GERMAN IDEAS IN EUROPE AND ENGLANDGERMAN	663

CriticismWhat weight it gives to writersWhat class of writers it exaltsWhat	667

Criticism of these theoriesDangers of enthusiamComparison of Carlyle	673

1 EXPERIENCE	686

ABSTRACTION	694

Contrast of German and Latin racesCharacter of the Saxon raceIts endurance	718

353	719

Titel	History of English Literature, Band 2 Band 8,Ausgabe 442 von Lovell's library Lovell's universal series
Autor/in	Hippolyte Taine
Übersetzt von	Henri Van Laun
Verlag	Edmonston and Douglas, 1873
Original von	Harvard University
Digitalisiert	1. Febr. 2019
Länge	722 Seiten

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