The Development of English Literature
Subtitle: The Old English Period
Publisher: D. Appleton
Published: 1879
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Introduction 1; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The Continental Homestead 5; title: I. English and Aryan 5; title: II. Soil, Climate, and Character 8; title: in. Laws and Customs 12; title: IV. Condition of Woman 23; title: V. The Mead-Hall 30; title: VI. Language and Poetry 33; title: VII. Philosophy 47; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Keltic Influence 57; title: I. Kelt and Teuton 57; title: II. Kymric Kelt 61; title: III. Gaedhil and Kymry 68; title: IV. Keltic Sentiment 72; title: CHAPTER III.; title: The Old Creed and the New 77; title: I. The English in their Insular Homestead 77; title: II. Gregory the Great 79; title: III. Augustin and Paulinus 84; title: IV. Relapse and Recovery 88; title: V. Shadow and Substance 91; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Whitby 97; title: I. St. Hilda 97; title: II. The Story of Cedmon's Life Unraveled 100; title: III. The Themes Cedmon Sang 106; title: IV. The Secret of Cedmon's Success 110; title: V. Cedmon at Work 114; title: VI. Cedmon's Influence at Home and Abroad 123; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Canterbury 131; title: I. Theodore and Aldhelm 181; title: II. The Poem of Andreas 136; title: III. Cynewulf 141; title: IV. The Poems of Judith, Guthlac, and a Lover's Message 148; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Jarrow and York 163; title: I. Benedict Biscop 163; title: II. Beda 164; title: III. Alcwin 161; title: IV. Popular Philosophy 164; title: V. The Reflective Mood in Poetry 171; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Winchester 176; title: I. Alfred the Great 176; title: II. Spirit of Laws 180; title: III. The Sentiment of Nationality 186; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Abingdon 193; title: I. The Two Alfrics 194; title: II. Tenth Century Poetry 200; title: Conclusion 206