An Outline of The Norton Anthology of English Literature

299 Pages·2004·5.51 MB·English

by  Mahdi Javidshad

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A Outline of The Norton Anthology of English Literature/ Mahdi
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Javidshad, Amirhossein Nemati.
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Javidshad, Mahdi
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Nemati, Amirhossein
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An Outline of The Norton Anthology of English Literature
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Contents
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION v
The Middle Ages (to ca. 1485)
Period Introduction Overview 2
THE DREAM OF THE ROOD 7
BEOWULF 8
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT 10
GEOFFRY CHAUCER (ca. 1343 – 1400) 12
WILLIAM LANGLAND (ca. 1330 – 1387) 16
MIDDLE ENGLISH LYRICS 18
MYSTERY PLAYS 19
SIR THOMAS MALORY (ca. 1405 – 1471) 21
EVERYMAN (after 1485) 23

The Sixteenth Century (1485 – 1603)
Period Introduction Overview 25
SIR THOMAS MORE (1478 – 1535) 31
THE ENGLISH BIBLE 34
ARTHUR GOLDING (1536 – 1605) 36
EDMUND SPENSER (1552 – 1599) 37
SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1552 – 1618) 39
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (1554 – 1606) 41
MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563 – 1631) 43
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564 – 1593) 44
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564 – 1616) 46
The Early Seventeenth Century (1603 – 1660)
Period Introduction Overview 51
JOHN DONNE (1572 – 1631) 59
BEN JONSON (1572 – 1637) 63
JOHN WEBSTER (1580? – 1625?) 67
FRANCIS BACON (1561 – 1626) 68
IZAAK WALTON (1593 – 1683) 70
THOMAS HOBBES (1588 – 1679) 71
GEORGE HERBERT (1593 – 1633) 73
HENRY VAUGHAN (1621 – 1695) 76
ANDREW MARVEL (1621 – 1667) 78
JOHN MILTON (1608 – 1674) 81

The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (1660 – 1785)
Period Introduction Overview 87
JOHN DRYDEN (1631 – 1700) 93
SAMUEL PEPYS (1633 – 1703) 95
JOHN BUNYAN (1628 – 1688) 96
JOHN LOCKE (1632 – 1704) 98
SAMUEL BUTLER (1612 – 1680) 100
APHRA BEHN (1640? – 1689) 102
WILLIAM CONGREVE (1670 – 1729) 105
DANIEL DEFOE (ca. 1660 – 1731) 107
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667 – 1745) 109
ALEXANDER POPE (1688 – 1744) 112
HENRY FIELDING (1707 – 1754) 115
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709 – 1784) 117
LAURENCE STERNE (1713 – 1768) 120
The Romantic Period (1785 – 1830)
Period Introduction Overview 123
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD (1743 – 1825) 128
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757 – 1827) 130
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759 – 1797) 134
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770 – 1850) 135
SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771 – 1832) 139
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772 – 1834) 142
JANE AUSTEN (1775 – 1817) 146
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788 – 1824) 149
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792 – 1822) 153
JOHN KEATS (1795 – 1821) 157

The Victorian Age (1830 – 1901)
Period Introduction Overview 162
THOMAS CARLYLE (1795 – 1881) 168
JOHN STUART MILL (1806 – 1873) 172
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806 – 1861) 174
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809 – 1892) 176
EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809 – 1883) 180
CHARLES DICKENS (1812 – 1870) 181
ROBERT BROWNING (1812 – 1882) 185
EMILY BRONTE (1818 – 1848) 190
JOHN RUSKIN (1819 – 1900) 192
GEORGE ELIOT (1819 – 1880) 195
MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822 – 1888) 199
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS (1844 – 1889) 205
OSCAR WILDE (1854 – 1900) 209
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856 – 1950) 212

The Twentieth Century and After (1901 to the present)
Period Introduction Overview 217
THOMAS HARDY (1840 – 1928) 222
JOSEPH CONRAD (1857 – 1924) 225
A. E. HOUSMAN (1859 – 1936) 228
RUPERT BROOKE (1887 – 1915) 230
WILFRED OWEN (1893 – 1918) 231
T. E. HULME (1883 – 1917) 233
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865 – 1939) 234
E. M. FORSTER (1879 – 1970) 238
VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882 – 1941) 240
JAMES JOYCE (1882 – 1941) 243
D. H. LAWRENCE (1885 – 1930) 246
T. S. ELIOT (1888 – 1965) 249
GEORGE ORWELL (1903 – 1950) 254
SAMUEL BECKETT (1906 – 1989) 256
WOLE SOYINKA (b. 1934) 259
DORRIS LESSING (1919 – 2013) 260
TED HUGHES (1930 – 1998) 262
HAROLD PINTER (1930 – 2008) 264
CHINUA ACHEBE (1932 – 2013) 266
V. S. NAIPAUL (b. 1932) 268
SEAMUS HEANEY (1939 – 2013) 270
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TIMELINES (In Chronological Order) 272
Works Cited 289
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An Outline of The Norton Anthology of English Literature Javidshad & Nemati

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
“The outpouring of English literature overflows all boundaries, including the capacious boundaries
of The Norton Anthology of English Literature.”
Undoubtedly, one of the most extensive, challenging, and difficult undergraduate-level courses
for students of English literature is Survey of English Literature, the lynchpins of which are defined
and delineated, most frequently, based on the major historical period and writer introductions
offered in the two thick and expensive volumes of The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
Furthermore, and even more importantly, the general analysis of the recent M.A. entrance exams
in English literature has convincingly shown that numerous and various parts—from introductions
and timetables to footnotes—of these two volumes have been objects of direct query, putting a
stamp of affirmation on the special significance of this anthology for both students and professors
of English literature in Iran.
Given the limited availability and exorbitant price of these two volumes in Iran and also the at
times complicated, lengthy, and hard-to-follow-and-categorize introductions of the events and
authors, the present book has tried to do its best at summarizing, delineating, and outlining the
most important and salient parts of each period and writer introduction.
The concise and comprehensive outlines offered in this book provide a general framework and
overview of all the seven major historical periods that have been central and definitive to laying
the foundation for English literature and determining the course of its historical and literary
progression. Moreover, this indispensable companion features more than eighty literary
masterminds—all anthologized in The Norton Anthology of English Literature, from the Middle
Ages to the present—hoping to equip its readers with sufficient knowledge and background to
successfully cultivate and shape their future academic pursuits, namely Masters and Doctoral
programs.
Mahdi Javidshad (Ph.D. Candidate in English Literature, Shiraz University)
[email protected]
Amirhossein Nemati
[email protected]
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