Unit1EarlyandMedievalEneliShLiteratureIntrodUCtion1GeoffreyChaucer(c.1340--C.1400)4TheCanterburyTales4SupplementaryReadings(1)10Unit2TheEnglishRenaissance(1)Introduction13WilliamShakespeare(1564——1616)17TheMerchantofVenice18Hamlet,PrinceofDenmark31SupplementaryReadings(2)34Unit3TheEnglishRenaissance(2)Introduction49FrancisBacon(1561—1626)51OfStudies52BenJonson(1572—1637)54Song:ToCelia55SupplementaryReadings(3)56Unit4TheEarly17thCenturyIntroduction62JohnMilton(1608——1674)64ParadiseLost65SupplementaryReadingS(4)70Unit5TheRestorationandthe18thCenturyIntroduction77JonathanSwift(1667——1745)80AModestProposal8lSupplementaryReadings(5)89Unit6RomanticPoetSIntroduction98WilliamWordsworth(1770——1850)101IWonderedLonelyasaCloud103SamuelTaylorC0leridge(1772——1834)104TheRimeoftheAncientMariner105JohnKeats(1795——1821)108OdeonaGrecianUrn109SupplementaryReadings(6)112Unit7TheNovel:1720——1880Introduction131SeminarQuestiOns/Essay(TermPaper)Titles138Unit8TheVictorianAgeIntroduction142RobertBrowning(1812——1889)145MyLastDuchess146SupplementaryReadings(7)149Unit9Intothe20thCenturyIntroduction166WilfredOwen176Futility176SupplementaryReadings(8)178Unit10TheShortStoryIntroduction184KatherineMansneld(1888——1923)185Sixpence185JamesJoyce192Eveline192Appendix1198Appendix2207ACknowledgements209