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Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 The dawn of English literature 3 The Elizabethan era 4 The successors of the Elizabethans 5 The restoration period 6 The wits of Queen Annes time 7 Our first great novelists 8 Dr Johnson and his contemporaries Index Literature is a plant of slow and gradual growth its beginnings like the source of some great river are obscure and difficult to trace it is not  till many influences have been at work and many busy pens employed in moulding and forming the language that the appearance of a writer who deserves to be ranked as a classic is possible The authors before Chaucer are interesting only for historical reasons Chaucer is interesting for himself alone apart from all considerations regarding his influence upon the language or the admirable representations which his works afford He was able to hold the mirror up to nature without flinchingThe book presents details on the dawn of English literature the Elizabethan era the successors of the Elizabethans the restoration period the wits of Queen Annes time first great novelists Dr Johnson and his contemporariesIt is the authors strong faith that the book will surely benefit the students in general especially those who want to emerge as great scholars of English literature tomorrow jacket 278 pp.

Contents Preface 1 English literature and English history 2 Beginning to the Norman conquest 3 Making of the literature 4 Norman conquest to Chaucer 5 Age of Chaucer 6 William Langland 7 Geoffrey Chaucer 8 Period of the Italian influence 9 Beginning of the English renaissance 10 Entrance of the new learning into literature 11 Culmination of the English renaissance 12 Edmund Spenser 13 English drama before Shakespeare 14 William Shakespeare 15 Richard Hooker 16 Francis Bacon 17 John Milton IndexThis book introduces us to English history and literature The English constitute an established great nation which forms great colonial empire They extended their language to almost every nook and corner of the world They contributed one of the noblest and richest literatures known to history How have they been able to produce this literature demands serious study Not because they were naturally fond of talking like the Gauls not because they had any peculiar talent for making verses or any thing for saying graceful or pretty things As an art form they made perhaps the best use of literature for strengthening and saving their identities across the worldThis book traces the growth of English literature from its remote origins It cannot pretend to be a complete record of all the forms and phases of English literature but the authors believes that it contains the most significant selection of those which the authors himself regards as of major interest and importance jacket 262 pp.

Contents Preface 1 Introduction to English composition 2 Introduction to English literature 3 Narration in literature 4 Art of description 5 Concept of exposition 6 Argument a form of discourse 7 Usages of paragraphs 8 Sentences construction 9 Usage of words 10 Contemporary writers 11 Appendix IndexThis book comprises a careful selection of materials for the students to assist them in their understanding of English language and literature It is an expanded updated and comprehensive study of English Composition and literature Here the students will get exposed to the simpler uses of English language its common idioms and the fundamental elements of its grammar Already the spelling and the commonest uses of the marks of punctuation pauses question mark exclamation point colon semicolon and comma have been learned Right from the beginning of the high school course the students are asked to learn the ingredients of speech which form the sentence and finally human speech which in turn enables humans to communicate adequately their ideas and thoughtsThis study pays enough attention toward word usage syntax paragraph narration exposition description English Composition and gives and interesting introduction to English LiteratureWe are sanguine that the students and other readers will be immensely benefited by this book and enjoy its most direct lucid and comprehensive style jacket 282 pp.