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

TABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY FORMS

    +----+---------------------------------+--------------------------+
    |    |             POETRY              |          PROSE           |
    |YEAR+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |  Lyrical | Narrative | Didactic | Narrative  |   Didactic  |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          | _Beowulf_ |          |            |             |
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    | 700|          |         Cædmon       |            |             |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    | 800|          |           |          |            |             |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    | 900|          |           |          |            | Alfred      |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          |           |          |    A.S.    |             |
    |    |          |       Cynewulf       | CHRONICLE  |             |
    |1000|          |           |          |            | Ælfric      |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          |           |          |            | Wulfstan    |
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    |1100|          |           |          |            |             |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    |    |          |           |_Ormulum_ |            |             |
    |1200|          |           |          |            |             |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |          |  _Brut_   |          |            |_AncrenRiwle_|
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    |1300|          |           |  Manning |            |             |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
    |    |_Alysoun_,|    THE    |  Hampole |            |             |
    |    | etc.     |  ROMANCES |          |            |             |
    |    |          |           |          |            |             |
    |1400|          |    _Cursor Mundi_    |            |             |
    +----+----------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+

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