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Contents
THE HISTORICAL SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT | 13 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
CHAPTER III | 30 |
CHAPTER IV | 37 |
xii | 44 |
CHAUCER AND THE EARLY REFORMATION | 60 |
CHAUCER CONTINUED PROGRESS OF SOCIETY AND | 81 |
SPENSER AND THE ELIZABETHAN | 104 |
STEELE AND SWIFT | 264 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 280 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 296 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 309 |
CHAPTER XXX | 324 |
THE LITERARY FORGERS IN THE ANTIQUARIAN | 334 |
POETRY OF THE TRANSITION SCHOOL | 347 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 360 |
CHAPTER XII | 114 |
CHAPTER XIII | 128 |
CHAPTER XIV | 137 |
CHAPTER XVI | 156 |
CHAPTER XVII | 167 |
CHAPTER XIX | 184 |
CHAPTER XX | 195 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 233 |
POPE AND THE ARTIFICIAL SCHOOL | 241 |
CHAPTER XXV | 254 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 371 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 397 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 414 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 428 |
CHAPTER XXXIX | 439 |
CHAPTER XL | 450 |
CHAPTER XLI | 466 |
CHAPTER XLII | 475 |
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