A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book

Name: A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book
Author: Albert, Edward

Albert, Edward

English literature -- History and criticism

+------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    | DATE |         CLASSICAL        |   TRANSITIONAL   |          ROMANTIC         |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1730 | _The Dunciad_            |           _The Seasons_                      |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    |      | _Epistle to Arbuthnot_   |                  |                           |
    | 1740 | _London_                 |                  |                           |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          | _Night Thoughts_ |                           |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1750 | _Vanity of Human Wishes_ | Collins’s _Odes_ | _The Castle of Indolence_ |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          | Gray’s _Elegy_   |                           |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1760 |                          |                  |                           |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |                  |        _Ossian_           |
    |      |                          |  _The Traveller_ |                           |
    | 1770 |                          |                  |        Chatterton’s poems |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |   _The Deserted Village_                     |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1780 |                          |                  |                           |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |    _The Village_ |                           |
    |      |                          |                  | _The Task_  Burns’s poems |
    | 1790 |                          |                  |             Blake’s poems |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+


THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1740–1800)

The period covered by the present chapter is that of the middle and
later stages of the eighteenth century. During this time several
relevant historical movements call for notice.

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A history of English literature : $b A practical text-bookAlbert, Edward

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A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book

Albert, Edward

English literature -- History and criticism

+------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    | DATE |         CLASSICAL        |   TRANSITIONAL   |          ROMANTIC         |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1730 | _The Dunciad_            |           _The Seasons_                      |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    |      | _Epistle to Arbuthnot_   |                  |                           |
    | 1740 | _London_                 |                  |                           |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          | _Night Thoughts_ |                           |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1750 | _Vanity of Human Wishes_ | Collins’s _Odes_ | _The Castle of Indolence_ |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          | Gray’s _Elegy_   |                           |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1760 |                          |                  |                           |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |                  |        _Ossian_           |
    |      |                          |  _The Traveller_ |                           |
    | 1770 |                          |                  |        Chatterton’s poems |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |   _The Deserted Village_                     |
    |      |                          |                  |                           |
    | 1780 |                          |                  |                           |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+
    |      |                          |    _The Village_ |                           |
    |      |                          |                  | _The Task_  Burns’s poems |
    | 1790 |                          |                  |             Blake’s poems |
    +------+--------------------------+------------------+---------------------------+


THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND (1740–1800)

The period covered by the present chapter is that of the middle and
later stages of the eighteenth century. During this time several
relevant historical movements call for notice.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book

A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book

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