The Cambridge History Of English Literature Volume 11 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Cambridge History of English Literature, Vol. 11 Chapter XI The Prosody Of The Eighteenth Century By George Saintsbury, M.A. Changes in the Heroic Couplet of Dryden, The Octosyllabic Couplet. The Spenserian Stanza. Blank Verse. Lyric Poetry of the Eighteenth Century. Edward Bysshes Art of Poetry. Eighteenth Century Prosodists. Joshua Steele. Young. Shenstoue. Gray. Johnson. John Mason. Mitford. Cowper. Summary. Chapter XII The Georgian Drama By Harold V. Routh, M.A., Peterhouse, Lecturer in English Literature at Goldsmith's College, London The Decay of the Drama and the Advance of the Actor. The Theatre in the Eighteenth Century and its Audiences. Richard Cumberland. The Brothers. The TVest Indian. Lesser Playwrights. Oliver Goldsmith. She Stoops to Conqner. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The Rii als. A Trip to Scarborov.gh. The School for Scandal. Hannah More. Percy. Hannah Cowley. General Burgoync. The Heiress. Thomas Holcroft. The Road to Ruin. The Deserted Daughter. Elizabeth Inchbald. George Colman the Younger. Inkle and Yarico. Thomas Morton and others. Cumberlands Jev. Realism and the Drama Chapter XIII The Growth Of The Later Novel By George Saintsbury Thomas Amory. John Bnncle. Memoirs of Several Ladies. William Beckford. Vatheh. William Godwin. Caleb Williams. St Leon. Thomas Holcroft. Autobiography. Novels. Mrs Inchbald. A Simple Story. Nature and Art. Robert Bage. Hermsprong. Maria Edgeworth. Belinda. The Absentee. Ormond. Tales for the Young, Charlotte Smith. Regina Maria Roche. Eaton Stannard Barrett. Clara Reeve. Ann Radcliffe. The Mysteries of Udulpho and other works. Matthew Gregory Lewis. The Monk. Charles Robert Maturiu. Melmoth the Wanderer. Jane and Anna 3 Iaria Porter. Thaddeus of JVarsaw. The Scottish Chiefs. Thomas Hope. Anastasius. Thomas Love Peacock. 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.