An Introduction To The Study Of English Literature Comprising Representative Masterpieces In Poetry And Prose PDF Download

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of English Literature: Comprising Representative Masterpieces in Poetry and Prose, Marking the Successive Stages of Its Growth, and a Methodical Exposition of the Governing Principles and General Forms, Both of the Language and Literature The second part presents our language and litera ture in their elements in systematic order. Here are exhibited the principles governing the rise and forma tion of language; of English orthoepy, orthography, syllabication, word-formation, and of poetic forms in English the growth of our literature, also, in its sev eral departments of oratory, history, scientific dis course, fiction, the drama, and poetry, With notice of leading authors in each department separately in their chronological succession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.