本书按历史年代编写,集诗歌、小说、戏剧和散文为一书。作家按出生年月排序。本书的编写体例是:分成若干部分(Part),每部分含若干章(Chapter)。每章中内容顺序基本是:作家生平和作品介绍(Life and works)、故事梗概(Outline)(有的作家没有)、简单评论 (Brief comment)、作品选读(Selection)、注释(Notes)和思考题(For study and discussion)。本书囊括各时期重要作家及其代表作品,共68位作家(含诗人、小说家、戏剧家、散文,第一册32个,第二册36个),选篇120个(第一册52个,第二册68个),贯穿整个英国文学进程。本书旨在培养自主学习能力、研读作品能力、跨文化能力、思辨能力、研讨能力和评论能力。本书读者对象包括英语专业、翻译专业和商务英语专业本科生,还可供自学考试本科英语专业和广大英国文学爱好者。
CONTENTS Part I The 5th Century till the First Half of the 14th Century: The Age of Anglo-Saxon Poetry and the Anglo-Norman Poetry Chapter 1 The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066)......................................3 Beowulf......................................................................... 4 Chapter 2 The Anglo-Norman Period (1066–1350).............................. 15 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight............................................... 16 Part II The 14th Century: The Age of Geoffrey Chaucer Chapter 3 Geoffrey Chaucer.............................................. 27 The Canterbury Tales........................................................ 29 Part III The 15th Century: The Age of Popular Ballads Chapter 4 Popular Ballads................................................... 37 Robin Hood and Allin-a-Dale................................................. 38 Get Up and Bar the Door.................................................... 42 Sir Patrick Spens......................................................... 45 Part IV The 16th Century: The Age of Drama and Poetry Introduction.............................................................. 51 Chapter 5 Thomas Wyatt.................................................. 54 I Find No Peace........................................................... 55 Chapter 6 Henry Howard.................................................... 57 The Soote Season.......................................................... 59 Chapter 7 Edmund Spenser.................................................. 61 Sonnet 34................................................................. 63 Sonnet 75................................................................. 64 Chapter 8 Walter Raleigh.................................................. 66 The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd...................................... 67 Chapter 9 Philip Sidney...........................