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The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance

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In the preliminary statement of the aims and objects of this History, communicated to those who were invited to become contributors to it, the editors emphasised the following purpose of their undertaking: A connected account was to be given of the successive movements of English literature, both main and subsidiary; and this was intended to imply an adequate treatment of secondary writers, instead of their being overshadowed by a few great names. - Summary by Preface

Genre(s): Literary Criticism, Reference, Writing & Linguistics

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Beginnings by A.R. Waller	Sonia	00:15:12
Play 02	Runes and Manuscripts Part 1 by A.C. Paues	Owlivia	00:21:09
Play 03	Runes and Manuscripts Part 2 by A.C. Paues	Sonia	00:15:46
Play 04	Early National Poetry Part 1 by H. Munroe Chadwick	Sonia	00:29:15
Play 05	Early National Poetry Part 2 by H. Munroe Chadwick	Sonia	00:18:14
Play 06	Early National Poetry Part 3 by H. Munroe Chadwick	Sonia	00:20:05
Play 07	Old English Christian Poetry Part 1 by M. Bentick Smith	Sonia	00:24:28
Play 08	Old English Christian Poetry Part 2 by M. Bentick Smith	Sonia	00:26:50
Play 09	Old English Christian Poetry Part 3 by M. Bentick Smith	Sonia	00:20:49
Play 10	Latin Writings in England to the Time of Alfred Part 1 by Montague Rhodes James	Sonia	00:21:45
Play 11	Latin Writings in England to the Time of Alfred Part 2 by Montague Rhodes James	Sonia	00:21:38
Play 12	Latin Writings in England to the Time of Alfred Part 3 by Montague Rhodes James	Sonia	00:23:43
Play 13	Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign Part 1 by P.G. Thomas	Sarah Rothwell	00:16:23
Play 14	Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign Part 2 by P.G. Thomas	Sarah Rothwell	00:14:33
Play 15	Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign Part 3 by P.G. Thomas	Sonia	00:26:05
Play 16	From Alfred to the Conquest Part 1 by John S. Westlake	Sonia	00:32:39
Play 17	From Alfred to the Conquest Part 2 by John S. Westlake	Sonia	00:17:25
Play 18	From Alfred to the Conquest Part 3 by John S. Westlake	Sonia	00:25:15
Play 19	From Alfred to the Conquest Part 4 by John S. Westlake	Sonia	00:29:33
Play 20	From Alfred to the Conquest Part 5 by John S. Westlake	Sonia	00:20:36
Play 21	The Norman Conquest by A.R. Waller	EmilyCripps	00:15:27
Play 22	Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 1 by W. Lewis Jones	Sonia	00:21:13
Play 23	Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 2 by W. Lewis Jones	Sonia	00:22:30
Play 24	Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 3 by W. Lewis Jones	Sonia	00:23:09
Play 25	Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 4 by W. Lewis Jones	Sonia	00:13:28
Play 26	English Scholars of Paris and Franciscans of Oxford Part 1 by J.W. Sandys	Owlivia	00:29:16
Play 27	English Scholars of Paris and Franciscans of Oxford Part 2 by J.W. Sandys	Sonia	00:27:24
Play 28	English Scholars of Paris and Franciscans of Oxford Part 3 by J.W. Sandys	Sonia	00:28:58
Play 29	English Scholars of Paris and Franciscans of Oxford Part 4 by J.W. Sandys	Sonia	00:17:54
Play 30	Early Transition English Part 1 by J.W.H. Atkins	Sonia	00:39:58
Play 31	Early Transition English Part 2 by J.W.H. Atkins	Sonia	00:12:33
Play 32	Early Transition English Part 3 by J.W.H. Atkins	Sonia	00:25:35
Play 33	The Arthurian Legend Part 1 by W. Lewis Jones	ClemmFandango	00:24:05
Play 34	The Arthurian Legend Part 2 by W. Lewis Jones	ClemmFandango	00:32:39
Play 35	The Arthurian Legend Part 3 by W. Lewis Jones	Sonia	00:23:39
Play 36	The Arthurian Legend Part 4 by W. Lewis Jones	Sonia	00:18:11
Play 37	Metrical Romances I, 1200-1500 Part 1 by W.P. Ker	Sarah Rothwell	00:16:49
Play 38	Metrical Romances I, 1200-1500 Part 2 by W.P. Ker	Sarah Rothwell	00:23:25
Play 39	Metrical Romances I, 1200-1500 Part 3 by W.P. Ker	Sonia	00:23:36
Play 40	Metrical Romances II, 1200-1500 Part 1 by J.W.H. Atkins	Sonia	00:19:26
Play 41	Metrical Romances II, 1200-1500 Part 2 by J.W.H. Atkins	Sonia	00:18:48
Play 42	Metrical Romances II, 1200-1500 Part 3 by J.W.H. Atkins	Sonia	00:18:53
Play 43	"Pearl," "Cleannness," "Patience," and "Sir Gawayne" Part 1 by I. Gollancz	EKram	00:16:15
Play 44	"Pearl," "Cleannness," "Patience," and "Sir Gawayne" Part 2 by I. Gollancz	Sonia	00:26:44
Play 45	Later Transition English I Legendaries and Chroniclers Part 1 by Clara L Thomson	Sonia	00:25:17
Play 46	Later Transition English I Legendaries and Chroniclers Part 2 by Clara L Thomson	Sonia	00:25:57
Play 47	Later Transition English I Legendaries and Chroniclers Part 3 by Clara L Thomson	Sonia	00:20:11
Play 48	Later Transition English II Secular Lyrics; Tales; Social Satire Part 1 by A.R. Waller	Sonia	00:20:56
Play 49	Later Transition English II Secular Lyrics; Tales; Social Satire Part 2 by A.R. Waller	Sonia	00:10:23
Play 50	The Prosody of Old and Middle English by George Saintsbury	Sonia	00:19:41
Play 51	Changes in the Language to the Days of Chaucer Part 1 by Henry Bradley	Sonia	00:14:14
Play 52	Changes in the Language to the Days of Chaucer Part 2 by Henry Bradley	Sonia	00:23:28
Play 53	Changes in the Language to the Days of Chaucer Part 3 by Henry Bradley	Sonia	00:17:36
Play 54	Changes in the Language to the Days of Chaucer Part 4 by Henry Bradley	Sonia	00:31:35
Play 55	The Anglo-French Law Language by F.W. Maitland	Kazbek	00:20:39
Play 56	Appendix to Chapter 7: The Old English Sung, or Ballad, Metre	Sonia	00:19:40

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