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A Brief History of English and American Literature by Henry A. Beers
Henry Augustin Beers (1847-?), native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bishop and first Chancellor of American University, has written a sweeping thousand 900 year history of English literature, up to the end of the 19th century. Although at times biased and sometimes misguided (as when he dismisses Mark Twain as a humorist noteworthy in his time but not for the ages), his research is sound and his criticism is interesting and quite often very balanced. In addition, the last chapter of each part is Hurst’s synopsis of...
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Episodes
00 – Introduction, Preface 02.01.2026 7:59
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01 – Part 1, Chapter I – From the Conquest to Chaucer, 1066-1400 01.01.2026 47:04
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02 – Part 1, Chapter II – From Chaucer to Spenser, 1400-1599 31.12.2025 47:39
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03 – Part 1, Chapter III – The Age of Shakspere, 1564-1616 30.12.2025 9:40
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04 – Part 1, Chapter IV – The Age of Milton, 1608-1674 29.12.2025 53:12
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05 – Part 1, Chapter V – From the Restoration to the Death of Pope, 1660-1744 28.12.2025 45:02
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06 – Part 1, Chapter VI – From the Death of Pope to the French Revolution, 1744-1789 27.12.2025 43:17
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07 – Part 1, Chapter VII – From the French Revolution to the Death of Scott, 1789-1832 26.12.2025 4:07
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08 – Part 1, Chapter VIII – From the Death of Scott to the Present Time, 1832-1886 25.12.2025 49:47
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09 – Part 1, Chapter IX – Theological and Religious Literature in Great Britain 24.12.2025 26:15
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10 – Part 2, Preface & Chapter I – The Colonial Period, 1607-1765 23.12.2025 4:11
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11 – Part 2, Chapter II – The Revolutionary Period, 1765-1815 22.12.2025 48:54
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12 – Part 2, Chapter III – The Era of National Expansion, 1815-1837 21.12.2025 47:31
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13 – Part 2, Chapter IV – The Concord Writers, 1837-1861 20.12.2025 54:25
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14 – Part 2, Chapter V – The Cambridge Scholars, 1837-1861 19.12.2025 54:50
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15 – Part 2, Chapter VI – Literature in the Cities, 1837-1861 18.12.2025 56:53
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16 – Part 2, Chapter VII – Literature since 1861 17.12.2025 58:17
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17 – Part 2, Chapter VIII – Theological and Religious Literature in America 16.12.2025 25:46
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