Chapter 01 The Renaissance Period
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's life
Shakespeare's literary, creation
Selected readings
Hamlet
A plot summary of Hamlet
Reading guide
An excerpt from Hamlet
Sonnet 18
Chapter 02 The Puritan Age
John Donne
John Donne's life
John Donne's literary creation
Selected readings
Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star
The Sun Rising
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
John Milton
John Milton's life
John Milton's literary creation
Features of Milton's poetry
Selected readings
Paradise Lost
A plot summary of Paradise Lost
Reading guide
An excerpt from Paradise Lost
On His Blindness
John Bunyan
John Bunyan's life
Bunyan's literary creation
Selected reading
The Pilgrim's Progress
A plot summary of the allegory
Reading guide
An excerpt from The Pilgrim's Progress
Chapter 03 The Neoclassical Period
Jonathan Swift
Swift's life
Swift's literary creation
Selected readings
A Modest Proposal
Gulliver's Travels
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Part 1
Henry Fielding
Fielding's life
Fielding's literary creation
Selected reading
Tom Jones
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Chapter Ⅷ, Book Ⅲ
An excerpt from Chapter Ⅹ, Book Ⅲ
An excerpt from Chapter Ⅶ, Book Ⅶ
Thomas Gray
Gray's life
Works of Gray
Selected reading
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Chapter 04 The Age of Romanticism
William Wordsworth
Wordsworth's life
Wordsworth's literary creation
Selected readings
She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
The Solitary Reaper
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron's life
Byron's poetic writing
Features of Byron's poetry
Selected readings
She Walks in Beauty
When We Two Parted
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
A plot summary of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Reading guide
An excerpt from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage(Canto the Third)
Don Juan
A plot summary of Don Juan
Reading guide
An excerpt from Don Juan (Canto Ⅲ The Isles of Greece)
jane Austen
Austen's life
Austen's works
Selected reading
Pride and Prejudice
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 05 The Victorian Period
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tennyson's life
Tennyson's poetic writing
Features of Tennyson's poetry
Selected readings
Break, Break, Break
The Eagle
Ulysses
In Memoriam (CXXX)
Charles Dickens
Dickens' life
Dickens' works
Characteristics of Dickens' novels
Selected reading
Oliver Twist
The story of Oliver Twist
Reading guide
An excerpt from Oliver Twist
Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte's life
Charlotte Bronte's works
Selected reading
Jane Eyre
A plot surhmary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Jane Eyre
Thomas Hardy
Hardy's life
Hardy's works
Selected reading
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Chapter 06 The Modern Period
D. H. Lawrence
Lawrence's life
Lawrence's literary creation
Selected reading
Sons and Lovers
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Sons and Lovers
Virginia Woolf
Woolf's life
Woolf's literary creation
Selected reading
Mrs. Dalloway
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Mrs. Dalloway
Chapter 07 The Postmodern Period
Kingsley Amis
Amis' life
Amis' literary creation
Selected reading
Lucky Jim
A plot summary of the novel
Reading guide
An excerpt from Lucky Jim
Samuel Beckett
Beckett's life
Beckett's literary creation
Selected reading
Waiting for Godot (Act I)
A plot summary of the play
Reading guide
An excerpt from Waiting for Godot