# A history of English literature

Author: Albert, Edward, 1890-1944

Genre: Category: Classics of Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70731

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+history+of+English+literature+Albert&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Of the actual facts concerning the origin of English literature we know little indeed. Nearly all the literary history of the period, as far as it concerns the lives of actual writers, is a series of skillful reconstructions based on the texts, fortified by some scanty contemporary references (such as those of Bede), and topped with a mass of conjecture. The results, however, are astonishing and fruitful, as will be seen even in the meager summary that appears in the following pages.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-english-literature-70731/chapters/1/index.md)