Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 285 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) 1847 1926 Beers, Henry Augustin From Chaucer to Tennyson With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Juliet Sutherland, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders "From Chaucer to Tennyson" by Henry A. Beers is a historical account written during the late 19th century. The book surveys the evolution of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period up through the Romantic era, focusing specifically on key authors and literary movements, including Geoffrey Chaucer and Alfred Tennyson among others. The opening of the text sets the stage for this literary journey by discussing the impact of the Norman Conquest on the development of the English language and literature. Beers explains how the introduction of Norman French transformed English, leading to a hybrid linguistic culture that reshaped literary output. He introduces the historical context by outlining the transitional periods of English literature, examining the slow rise of English as a written language again after centuries of linguistic upheaval, and hints at the emergence of prominent figures like Chaucer, who navigated and ultimately contributed significantly to this evolving literary landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 1101519 960724 2024-10-05T10:29:48.501583 2023-10-05T10:02:29.896515 text/html text/html 898213 2020-12-26T00:49:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 600868 2020-12-26T00:49:10 text/html application/zip 710385 2024-10-05T10:30:16.247412 application/epub+zip 730981 2024-10-05T10:29:55.444505 application/epub+zip 405868 2024-10-05T10:29:51.983560 application/epub+zip 1189385 2024-10-05T10:30:28.995345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 940536 2024-10-05T10:30:12.436429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586271 2022-09-06T04:09:40.704270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594493 594453 2024-10-05T10:29:40.940586 2023-10-05T10:02:25.010482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 595565 2020-12-26T00:49:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 244059 2020-12-26T00:49:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 595609 2020-12-26T00:49:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 243779 2020-12-26T00:49:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21041 2024-10-05T10:30:29.192344 application/rdf+xml 13261 2024-10-05T10:29:52.953507 image/jpeg 3808 2024-10-05T10:29:52.445523 image/jpeg 673464 2024-10-05T10:29:48.590549 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia