Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 298 Fletcher, Robert Huntington 1875 1919 A History of English Literature Produced by Branko Collin, David Moynihan, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A History of English Literature" by Robert Huntington Fletcher is a scholarly manual on the subject of English literature written during the late 19th century. The book aims to outline the development of English literature while providing appreciations of significant authors and works, making it a useful resource for students beyond high school age. The opening of the work establishes the author's intent to create a comprehensive and clear guide for reading and understanding English literature. Fletcher discusses the importance of considering both the external conditions that shaped literary movements and the intrinsic qualities of the literature itself. He emphasizes the dual aims of literary study: to grasp the socio-historical context of various literary periods and to appreciate the artistic expression of life and personality through literature. Notably, the text begins with the early Britons and Anglo-Saxons, highlighting their characteristics and contributions to English literature, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of England's literary heritage in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 917346 2025-06-03T11:35:58.520644 text/html 917167 2025-01-10T22:55:13.082283 text/html 432868 2025-06-03T11:36:09.764610 application/epub+zip 447640 2025-06-03T11:36:02.057592 application/epub+zip 437795 2025-06-03T11:36:00.646638 application/epub+zip 757520 2025-06-03T11:36:16.263529 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 721173 2025-06-03T11:36:08.901609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675776 2022-09-04T05:01:47.290867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 888569 2025-06-03T11:35:57.966589 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 883656 2020-12-30T09:40:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 340560 2020-12-30T09:40:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 16802 2025-06-03T11:36:16.406497 application/rdf+xml 15550 2025-06-03T11:36:01.228640 image/jpeg 3797 2025-06-03T11:36:00.935617 image/jpeg 426908 2025-06-03T11:35:58.598609 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