Project Gutenberg 2012-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 430 Taine, Hippolyte 1828 1893 Taine, H. A. (Hippolyte Adolphe) Taine, Hippolyte Adolphe Graindorge, Frédéric-Thomas Graindorge, Frederic-Thomas Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise (Volume 1 de 5) Produced by Keith J. Adams, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise (Volume 1 de 5)" by Hippolyte Taine is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the development and significance of English literature, examining its origins and the cultural influences that shaped it. Taine delves into the relationship between literature, society, and human psychology as he outlines the evolution of literary forms and styles. At the start of this comprehensive examination, the author introduces the concept that literature is a reflection of the surrounding morals and cultural climate. He argues that literary works can reveal insights into the thoughts and emotions of people from different eras. Taine emphasizes the importance of reconstructing the historical context of literary texts, presenting a nuanced analysis of the Saxons and their contributions to early English literature. By establishing how environmental factors, such as climate and social circumstances, influenced the Saxon way of life and their artistic expressions, he sets the stage for a deeper exploration of English literature's development in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr English literature -- History and criticism PR Text France FR Littérature Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Category: History - Other Category: History - British 923214 2025-06-16T05:36:33.272459 text/html 916714 2012-04-01T11:50:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 334483 2012-04-01T11:50:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 437551 2025-06-16T05:36:54.097862 application/epub+zip 448168 2025-06-16T05:36:40.474421 application/epub+zip 429072 2025-06-16T05:36:37.408450 application/epub+zip 831853 2025-06-16T05:37:02.002853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 744626 2025-06-16T05:36:50.441372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706791 2022-09-18T05:17:01.158795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 787983 2025-06-16T05:36:30.912533 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 771212 2012-04-01T11:49:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 314700 2012-04-01T11:50:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19406 2025-06-16T05:37:02.172821 application/rdf+xml 18532 2025-06-16T05:36:38.069437 image/jpeg 4016 2025-06-16T05:36:37.732466 image/jpeg 416075 2025-06-16T05:36:33.356491 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia