Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature, Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli

J. & H. G. Langley, 1858 - Authors, English

Contents

• The Druidical Institution: 1
• Britain and the Britons: 14
• The AngloSaxons: 31
• Cędmon and Milton: 46
• The AngloNormans: 66
• Gothic Romances: 90
• Origin of the Vernacular Languages of Europe: 106
• Origin of the English Language: 123
• Vicissitudes of the English Language: 142
• Dialects: 157
• Chaucer: 175
• Gower: 196
• Occleve the Scholar of Chaucer: 211
• The Invention of Printing: 224
• Early Libraries: 244
• The Difficulties experienced by a Primitive Author: 252
• Skelton: 305
• The Ship of Fools: 315
• The Spoliation of the Monasteries: 348
• A Crisis and a Reaction Robert Crowley: 354
• Primitive Dramas: 373
• The Reformer Bishop Bale and the Romanist John: 389
• Roger Ascham: 395

Bibliographic information

• Title: Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature, Volume 1; Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature, Isaac Disraeli
• Author: Isaac Disraeli
• Publisher: J. & H. G. Langley, 1858
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Feb 19, 2013