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  • History of English Literature (Vol. 1-3)

    Enriched edition. A Deep Dive into English Literary Evolution and Criticism

    by Hippolyte Taine, Desmond Everly ...
    Translated by Henry Van Laun ...
    Hippolyte Taine's "History of English Literature" (Volumes 1-3) stands as a seminal work that intricately weaves together literary analysis and cultural criticism, offering a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of English literature from its origins to the 19th century. Taine employs a meticulous approach, utilizing a blend of psychological, sociological, and environmental factors to ... Read more

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  • History of English Literature (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Critical Survey of English Writing from Saxon Origins to Victorian Literary Scholarship

    by Hippolyte Taine, Ada Ravelby ...
    Translated by Henry Van Laun ...
    In History of English Literature (Vol. 1–3), Hippolyte Taine offers a sweeping account of English writing from its Anglo-Saxon beginnings through the major achievements of the Renaissance, Restoration, and eighteenth century. More than a chronological survey, the work interprets literature as the expression of collective forces—race, milieu, and moment—linking style, imagination, and moral ... Read more

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  • History of English Literature (Vol. 1-3)

    Enriched edition.

    by Hippolyte Taine, Nolan Mercer ...
    Translated by Henry Van Laun ...
    Hippolyte Taine's "History of English Literature" is a seminal three-volume work that meticulously charts the evolution of English literature from its earliest origins to the contemporary period, interweaving a profound analysis of societal influences, historical contexts, and philosophical movements that have shaped literary production. Taine's literary style is distinctive for its rigorous ... Read more

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  • The Lives of the Poets

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    by Samuel Johnson, John Mullan ...
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    'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets. The major Lives - of Milton, Dryden, ... Read more

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  • Hazlitt on English Literature

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    by William Hazlitt ...
    The present selection of Hazlitt's critical essays has been planned to serve two important purposes. In the first place it provides the materials for an estimate of the character and scope of Hazlitt's contributions to criticism and so acquaints students with one of the greatest of English critics. And in the second place, what is perhaps more important, such a selection, embodying a series of ... Read more

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  • The Book Lovers' Anthology

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  • A Tale of a Tub and Other Works

    by Jonathan Swift ...
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  • Harvard Classics Volume 27

    English Essays: Sidney To Macaulay

    by Sir Philip Sidney, Golden Deer Classics, Ben Jonson, Abraham Cowley, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Sydney Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas Babington Macaulay ...
    Series Book 27 - Harvard Classics
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  • A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal and Other Satires" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against the Abolishment of Christianity, A Modest Proposal, A True and Faithful Narrative, A Meditation Upon a Broomstick, Predictions for the Year 1708, and The Accomplishment of the ... Read more

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    A fantastic biography of the famous poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his founding, along with William Wordsworth, of the Romantic Movement in England. ... Read more

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