591 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Note
Plates printed on both sides.
"Aims at telling the story of English literature through stories of individual books ... each representative of a particular period ..."--Preface.
Contents
Book one. The Anglo-Saxon period -- The Middle English period -- The Renaissance period -- From the death of Elizabeth to the Restoration -- The Restoration period -- Book two. The Augustan Age -- Later eighteenth century -- Early nineteenth century -- The Victorian Age.