Outlines of English and American Literature
William J. Long
This page copyright © 2003 Blackmask Online.http://www.blackmask.comPREFACE
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CHAPTER VI. EIGHTEENTH−CENTURY LITERATURE
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CHAPTER VIII. THE VICTORIAN AGE (1837−1901)
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CHAPTER II. LITERATURE OF THE NEW NATION (1800−1840)
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CHAPTER III. THE PERIOD OF CONFLICT (1840−1876)
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CHAPTER IV. THE ALL−AMERICA PERIOD
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Outlines of English and American LiteratureAn Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America,to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived
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