Sampson George. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature

Cambridge University Press, 1942. — 1118 p.This book is based on the fourteen volumes of The Cambridge History of English Literature. Each chapter (except the last) takes for its subject-matter the volume that bears its title, and reference to its parent work is therefore easy. Paragraphs and sentences in their original form have been incorporated into the narrative when such treatment seemed to be desirable and practicable. Naturally, much that appeared in the large-scale History finds no place in the present limited survey. The matter most generally left undiscussed is that relating to sources and foreign affiliations. In a first sketch this is not important. The reader must begin to know the famous books themselves before he begins to acquire information about their supposed ancestry.From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance
The End of the Middle Ages
Renascence and Reformation
Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton
The Drama to 1642: Part I
The Drama to 1642: Part II
Cavalier and Puritan
The Age of Dryden
From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift
The Age of Johnson
The Period of the French Revolution
The Nineteenth Century: Part I
The Nineteenth Century: Part II
The Nineteenth Century: Part III and Post-Victorian Literature
Late-Victorian and Post-Victorian Literature