TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE REFERENCES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART ONE EARLY AND MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE PART TWO THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE PART THREE THE PERIOD OF THE ENGLISH BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION PART FOUR THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PART FIVE ROMANTICISM IN ENGLAND PART SIX ENGLISH CRITICAL REALISM PART SEVEN PROSE-WRITERS AND POETS OF THE MID AND LATE 19TH CENTURY ……