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 Project Gutenberg 2012-10-17 Public domain in the USA. 92 Taine, Hippolyte 1828 1893 Taine, H. A. (Hippolyte Adolphe) Taine, Hippolyte Adolphe Graindorge, Frédéric-Thomas Graindorge, Frederic-Thomas Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise (Volume 2 de 5) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. 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 2 de 5)" by Hippolyte Taine is a scholarly work written in the mid-19th century. This volume focuses primarily on the evolution of English literature during the Renaissance, investigating its theatrical forms, characters, and the societal influences that shaped the dramatic arts of the time. Taine provides deep insights into the works and lives of key playwrights, such as Marlowe and Shakespeare, as well as the cultural and moral environment in which they operated. The opening of the work sets the stage by describing the vibrant and tumultuous era of the Renaissance in England, emphasizing the unique nature of its theater which reflects the raw passions and instincts of the time. Taine depicts the audience of Shakespeare's plays, illustrating the wide variety of social classes present and their rudimentary experiences of theater. He characterizes the public's fervor for drama against the backdrop of their often crude and undisciplined nature, creating a compelling connection between the theatrical productions and the societal behaviors that inspired them. Through these observations, the opening establishes the foundations of how English literature evolved into a complex tapestry of human emotion, creativity, and societal reflection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr English literature -- History and criticism PR Text France FR Littérature Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 1092134 1092135 2024-10-17T10:17:30.415041 2023-09-18T04:55:41.810046 text/html text/html 1085317 2012-10-17T08:54:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 397659 2012-10-17T08:54:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 506914 2024-10-17T10:17:55.169974 application/epub+zip 519028 2024-10-17T10:17:38.531023 application/epub+zip 499455 2024-10-17T10:17:35.015021 application/epub+zip 957975 2024-10-17T10:18:04.391935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 842237 2024-10-17T10:17:50.671969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804998 2022-09-18T18:38:55.912576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 910997 910720 2024-10-17T10:17:27.651092 2023-09-18T04:55:39.089032 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 892146 2012-10-17T08:54:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 372096 2012-10-17T08:54:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20578 2024-10-17T10:18:04.545889 application/rdf+xml 18538 2024-10-17T10:17:35.684013 image/jpeg 4001 2024-10-17T10:17:35.349014 image/jpeg 478868 2024-10-17T10:17:30.504037 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia