由张佩和方映等主编的《英美文学》在对文学的总体特点进行简单阐述之后，按照历史时期的先后顺序分别对英国文学和美国文学作了概括性的介绍，每一章均涵盖每个时期的历史背景、文学思潮以及主要的作家及作品。本书共十章，每章包含知识预测、知识概述、知识复习和知识拓展四个板块，旨在满足学生对文学的审美需求，激发其对文学的兴趣，提高其文学鉴赏力，培养其独立思考的习惯，使他们最终能更深刻地认识自身和社会。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Literature as a Whole

Chapter 2 British Literature in the Old and Middle English Period

Chapter 3 British Literature in the Renaissance

Chapter 4 British Literature from the Neoclassical to the Romantic Period

Chapter 5 British Literature in the Victorian Period

Chapter 6 British Literature from the Edwardian to the Modern Period

Chapter 7 American Literature from the Colonial to the Early National Period

Chapter 8 American Literature in the Romantic Period

Chapter 9 American Literature in the Realistic Period

Chapter 10 American Literature in the Modem Period

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