History of English Literature and philology

Oxford University Press

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How to Use This Book

Part I: History of English Literature

Section 1

Chapter 1: Old English Poetry and Prose
Chapter 2: Geoffrey Chaucer and Middle English Literature
Chapter 3: Elizabethan Sonnets
Chapter 4: University Wits
Chapter 5: William Shakespeare
Chapter 6: Ben Jonson
Chapter 7: Restoration Comedy of Manners
Chapter 8: Eighteenth Century Novels

Section 2

Chapter 9: Pre-Romantic Poetry
Chapter 10: Romantic Poetry and Non-fiction Prose
Chapter 11: Victorian Novel
Chapter 12: The Pre-Raphaelites 1
Chapter 13: Modern Novel
Chapter 14: Modern Poetry
Chapter 15: Modern Drama

Part II: Philology

Section 1

Chapter 16: Latin Influence
Chapter 17: Scandinavian Influence
Chapter 18: French Influence
Chapter 19: Americanism

Section 2

Chapter 20: Consonant Shift
Chapter 21: Word Formation Processes
(Shortening, Back-formation, Derivations)
Chapter 22: Hybridism, Monosyllabism, and Malapropism
Chapter 23: Free and Fixed Compounds, -ing Formation,
and Johnsonese
References and Suggested Readings
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