A History of Elizabethan Literature
George Saintsbury wrote A History of Elizabethan Literature for a multi-volume history of English literature issued by Macmillan, and it covers roughly the century from 1560 to 1660. In twelve chapters he moves from the poets and translators of the early reign through Spenser, Sidney and the sonneteers, to the age of the drama, from Marlowe and Shakespeare to Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster and Ford, and on to the prose of Hooker, Bacon, Burton and Browne, and the Caroline poets. Saintsbury had read nearly everything and judges with confidence, often with humor, and his enthusiasm for neglected writers makes the book a useful guide beyond the familiar names. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is A History of Elizabethan Literature?
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