From Chaucer to Tennyson / With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors

Name: From Chaucer to Tennyson / With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors
Author: Henry A. Beers

By Henry A. Beers

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A concise survey traces the development of English literature from the aftermath of the Norman Conquest through the nineteenth century, focusing on belles lettres and the language's evolution toward modern forms. Arranged in period chapters, it surveys major movements and representative genres — medieval and Renaissance poetry and drama, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century shifts, and nineteenth-century developments — and provides short selections, portraits, and recommended reading lists for each chapter. Anglo-Saxon texts and early Scottish vernacular literature are purposely omitted, and works in philosophy, history, and science are treated only incidentally.

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Henry A. Beers

Henry A. Beers was an American author, literary critic, and scholar known for his contributions to the study of English and American literature. His notable works include "A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century" and "A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century," which explore the evolution of literary movements during these periods. Beers also wrote essays and studies that reflect on significant literary figures, as seen in his book "Four Americans: Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman." His scholarship has been influential in understanding the context and development of American letters.