Minto (W.)--Literature of the Georgian era. _1894._ Phelps (W. L.)--The English romantic movement. _1893._ Beers (H. A.)--The English romantic movement. _2 vols. 1910._ Elton (O.)--Survey of English literature, _1780-1830_. _2 vols. 1912._ PART V.--_1832-1920._ _1._ READING. Saintsbury (G.)--History of 19th century literature, _1780-1895_. _1896._ Walker (Hugh)--The age of Tennyson, _1832-1870_. _Handbooks of E.L. 1897._ Walker (Hugh)--Literature of the Victorian era. _1910._ Walker (_Mr. and Mrs._ Hugh)--Outline of Victorian literature. _1914._ Albert (E.)--English literature. _Chaps. 11-12._ Buchan (J.)--English literature. _Section 6._ Long (W. J.)--English literature. _Chap. 11._ Saintsbury (G.)--English literature. _Book 11._ Strong (A. T.)--English literature. _Chaps. 22-23._ Bates (K. L.)--American literature. _Chaps. 4-6._ Trent (W. P.)--American literature. _Part 4._ _2._ REFERENCE. Cambridge history of English literature. _Vols. 12-14._ Cambridge history of American literature. _Vols. 2-3._ Cunliffe (J. W.)--English literature during the last half century. _1919._ Elton (Oliver)--Survey of English literature, _1830-1880_. _2 vols. 1920._ Jackson (Holbrook)--The Eighteen-nineties. _1913._ Kennedy (J. M.)--English literature, _1880-1905_. _1912._ Manly (J. M.) _and_ Rickert (E.)--Contemporary American literature: bibliographies and study outlines. _1923._ Manly (J. M.) _and_ Rickert (E.)--Contemporary British literature: bibliographies and study outlines. _1923._ Williams (Harold)--Modern English writers, _1890-1914_. LITERARY HISTORY. _Lesson 1 (c. 500-1500)._ PART I.--OLD ENGLISH PERIOD (_c. 500 to 1066_). _Forces at Work._--The Anglo-Saxon invasion and gradual conquest and settlement. The coming of Christianity and its struggle with the pagan view of life. The inroads of the Danes and the growth of national feeling under Alfred. The subsequent Danish rule and the Gallicising of the court. The Norman Conquest. _Literary Features._--Early literature pagan. The late development of Christian prose and poetry. The preponderance of anonymous works. The lack of originality shown in the large number of translations and imitations. Pagan literature almost wholly descriptive and narrative; the meditative element. Christian literature chiefly religious and didactic. Note the chief surviving texts and their peculiarities; also the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon prosody. _1._ PAGAN POETRY.--(_a_) _Descriptive and Narrative_:--“Beowulf.” “Widsith.” “Waldhere.” “Finnsburgh.” “Brunanburgh.” “Maldon.” (_b_) _Meditative_:--“The Wanderer.” “The Seafarer.” “Deor’s Lament.” “The Wife’s Complaint.” “The Husband’s Message.” _2._ CHRISTIAN POETRY. (_a_) Caedmon and his school. (_b_) Cynewulf and his followers. (_c_) _Minor works_:--“The Riming Poem,” Proverbs, etc.