History of English Literature, Volume 4

Chatto & Windus, 1877

MODERN LIFE	1

Criticism of these theoriesDangers of enthusiasm	31

Scandal in EnglandConstraint and hypocrisy	47

Position of Byron in his ageDisease of the age	65

2	81

Commerce Industry	90

The ManFamilyImpassioned characterPre	102

SocietyFamilyArtsPhilosophyReligion	103

How each nation may reforge themAncient	319

EXPERIENCE	320

How we may form into one another positive poetic	328

CriticismWhat weight it gives to writersWhat	335

Capital idea derived thenceConception of essential	338

THE PUBLIC	353

CHAPTER V	357

Theory of proofOrdinary theoryIts refutation	375

What forces have produced the present civilisation	110

THE ARTIST	121

Lucidity and intensity of imagination in Dickens	133

The ideal man according to DickensWherein this	163

L	180

Attainment of pure artPortrait of Henry Esmond	205

ideal	214

X	224

His passion for political libertyHow he is the ora	238

His talentTaste for demonstrationTaste	243

English marks of his talentRudenessHumour	255

His workHarmony of his talent opinion	263

Comparison of Macaulay with French historians	282

HumourWherein it consistsIt is Germanic	291

Barriers which hold and direct himPerception	300

Every object is a group and every employment	307

Comparison of raillery in France and England	308

Appearance of original forms of mindHow they	313

Solidity and precision of this satirical conception	317

Theory of axiomsOrdinary theoryIts refutation	382

Theory of inductionThe cause of a fact is only	388

X	397

Limits of our knowledgeIt is not certain that	400

There are no substances or forces but only facts	407

Theory of proofThe basis of proof in syllogism	413

It is possible to arrive at the knowledge of first	420

on their spirit	427

English novels are compelled to be moralWherein	436

His levelling tendenciesA want of characters	447

His publicSociety in EnglandCountry comfort	454

Indications and splendour of free thoughtNew	467

374	470

166	471

395	476

Two classes of charactersNatural and instinctive	9

His short poemsOratorical mannerMelodramatic	23

185	34

Titolo	History of English Literature, Volume 4 History of English Literature, Hippolyte Taine
Autore	Hippolyte Taine
tradotto da	Henri Van Laun
Editore	Chatto & Windus, 1877
Provenienza dell'originale	Harvard University
Digitalizzato	7 ott 2008

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