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 ENGLISH LITERATURE 
 
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CONTEMPORARY 
 ENGLISH LITERATURE 
 
 A STUDY OUTLINE 
 
 PREPARED BY 
 
 ARTHUR BEATTY, Ph.D. 
 
 Professor of English, University of Wisconsin 
 for the 
 Wisconsin Library Commission 
 
 THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY 
 
 WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. and NEW YORK CITY 
 
 1916 
 
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 http://www.archive.org/details/contemporaryenglOObeatrich 
 
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 CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH LITERATURE 
 
 Poems or novels marked with a star are specially 
 commended either for their intrinsic merit or for their 
 representative character. 
 
 A. Foundation Books 
 
 (There is no book which covers the period 
 
 with any degree of completion) 
 Hugh Walker, Literature of the Victorian era 
 (Putnam, 1910, $2.50) gives a good account of all 
 the dead authors who touch the Victorian period. 
 
 Reuben Post Halleck, New English literature 
 (American Book Co., 191 3, 90c) ch. '9 and 10 deal 
 with the Victorian era and the twentieth century. 
 
 B. Collateral References 
 
 Thomas Hardy, Profitable reading of fiction, 
 Forum 5 : 57-70 
 
 H. G. Wells, The contemporary novel, Atlantic 
 109: i-ii 
 
 I 
 
 ALGERNON CHARLES SiWINBURNE (1837-1909) 
 
 A. Selections 
 
 Arthur Beatty, Swinburne's selected poems, 
 with introduction, notes, and bibliograi>hy (Crowell, 
 35c) (Contains a representative selection of poems.) 
 
 Arthur Beatty, Swinburne's selected dramas, 
 with introduction, notes, and bibliography (Crowell, 
 $1.25) (Contains Atalanta in Calydon, Erechtheus, 
 and Mary Stuart.) 330970 
 
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 B. References 
 
 George Edward Woodberry, Swinburne (Mc- 
 Clure, Phillips & Company, 1906) 
 
 E. C. Stedman, Victorian poets (Houghton, 
 1903, $2.25) 
 
 Coventry Patmore, Principle in art (Macmillan, 
 $1) 
 
 J. R. Lowell, My study windows (Houghton, $2) 
 
 Oliver Elton, Modern studies (Longman, 1907, 
 $2) 
 
 C. Poems 
 
 Study the lyric, elegiac and personal poems for 
 Swinburne's rhythmical quality and thought. For 
 the first quality of rhythm and music study. Hymn 
 to Proserpine, Stylus, Rococo, The garden of Pros- 
 erpine, and A forsaken garden; and for thought 
 study Hertha, Hymn of man. 
 
 The ode to Athens is difficult, but is so import- 
 ant that it should be studied carefully. 
 
 D. Dramas 
 
 Atalanta in Calydon should be read for its 
 magnificent thought and meter. It is the most per- 
 fect imitation of a Greek play in English. 
 
 Erechtheus is a fine play, but is not so well 
 known as Atalanta in Calydon, probably because the 
 story is not so interesting. 
 
 Among the finest poems of Swinburne are the 
 choruses in these two plays; and they should be 
 carefully studied. Much help in the appreciation of 
 Swinburne's verse will be obtained from Professor 
 Woodberry's volume. 
 
 II 
 
 GEORGE MEREDITH (1828-1909) 
 
 A. Most Important Novels 
 
 *The ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) 
 Evan Harrington (1861) 
 Rhoda Fleming (1865) 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 
 
 The egoist (1879) 
 *Diana of the Cross ways (1885) 
 The amazing marriage (1895) 
 
 B. Poems 
 
 The poetical works complete in one volume, with 
 notes by G. M. Trevelyan (Scribner, 1912, $2) 
 
 C. References 
 
 Letters of George Meredith, edited by his son, 
 (2v. Scribner, 1912, $4) 
 
 George M. Trevelyan, Poetry and philosophy of 
 George Meredith (Scribner, 1912, $1) 
 
 Constantin Photiades, George Meredith, trans- 
 lated from the French by Arthur Price (Scribner, 
 1913, $1.25) 
 
 D. Novels and Poems 
 
 I. The ordeal of Richard Fever el 
 
 The theme of this novel is a system of 
 education as applied to youth and its failure. 
 
 Chapter XIX. — "A diversion played on 
 a penny whistle" — is a prose lyric. Con- 
 nect the opening rhythm with the meter of 
 his poem Love in the valley. 
 
 Write a sketch of the character of Lucy 
 Desborough. 
 /p:) The egoist 
 
 ^ This is a character study — a problem in 
 
 psychology 
 
 Study the character of Clara Middleton, 
 and write a paper on her. 
 7^. Evan Harrington 
 
 This is a sprightly story of a young 
 tailor, and is based on fact. 
 Diana of the Crossways 
 
 The theme of this novel is the right of a 
 woman to work out her own destiny. Show 
 in a paper how this is done. 
 
 Discuss Meredith's treatment of divorce. 
 
 Was Diana justified in selling the great 
 political secret to the newspaper? Discuss. 
 
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 Poems 
 
 For the early poems, study Love in the 
 Valley (1851) 
 
 For a fine treatment of love and estrange- 
 ment, study Modern Love (1862). Write a 
 paper on this series of poems. 
 
 For Meredith's philosophy of nature and 
 life, study The lark ascending (1881), The 
 Woods of Westermain (1883), Ode to the 
 spirit of earth in autumn (1862), South-west 
 wind in the woodland (1851). Read Tre- 
 velyan's discussion of these poems. 
 
 For Meredith's social poems, read his 
 ballads, JuggHng Jerrv (1859), and The old 
 Chartist (1862) 
 
 III 
 
 THOMAS HARDY (1840-) 
 
 A. Most Important Novels 
 
 Far from the madding crowd (1874) 
 ^Return of the native (1878) 
 
 Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) 
 
 The Woodlanders (1886) 
 *Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1892) 
 
 B. References 
 
 Helen Garwood, Thomas Hardy, an illustration 
 of the philosophy of Schopenhauer, 191 1. 
 
 Lionel P. Johnson, The art of Thomas Hardy, 
 1894. (John Lane) 
 
 Anne McDonell, Thomas Hardy, 1895. 
 
 C. Windle, The Wessex of Thomas Hardy, 1902. 
 
 Hermann Lea, Thomas Hardy's Wessex, 1913. 
 (Macmillan) 
 
 Alfred Noyes, Poetry of Thomas Hardy. No 
 Am 194 : 96 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 5 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 Q. The return of the native 
 
 In an article in Forum, 5 : 57-70, Hardy 
 says: "Our true object is a lesson in life, 
 mental enlargement from elements essential 
 to the narratives themselves, and from the 
 reflections they engender." Apply this prin- 
 ciple to this novel. 
 
 Hardy makes a notable use of nature. 
 His Egdon Heath is almost a character in 
 the novel. Write a paper on this. 
 
 Write a paper on the pessimism of Hardy 
 as shown in this book. 
 
 Clym Yeobright is one of Hardy's great- 
 est characters. Contrast him with the equally 
 fine character of the reddleman. 
 
 It has been said that Hardy's women act 
 too much from instinct and too little from 
 reason. In the light of this, study Thomasin 
 and Eustacia Vye. 
 Q. Tess of the D'Urhervilles 
 
 In the preface to this book (5th edition) 
 Hardy says: "A novel is an impression, not 
 an argument." Study this perplexing novel 
 with this in mind. 
 
 Tess is one of the greatest woman char- 
 acters in Hardy. Note her surroundings. 
 Write a paper on her. 
 
 Study the two types of character — Angel 
 Clare and Alec D'Urberville. 
 3. Far from the madding crowd 
 
 This is an early novel, but should be 
 studied, if only for the sake of Gabriel Oak 
 and Bathsheba Everdene. 
 
 This novel was mistaken for a work of 
 George Eliot. In what ways does it resemble 
 her work? - 
 
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 IV 
 
 RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-) 
 
 A. Most Important Books 
 
 The light that failed (1891) 
 
 Barrack room ballads (1892) 
 *Plain tales from the Hills (1890) 
 
 Life's handicap (1897) 
 *The Seven Seas (1897) 
 *Kim (1901) 
 
 *First and Second Jungle Books (1894 and 1895) 
 (Doubleday, $1.50 a volume) 
 
 B. References 
 
 Charles Eliot Norton, Rudyard Kipling, a bio- 
 graphical sketch, 1899. 
 
 Numerous magazine articles, especially from 1897 
 on, attesting to his great popularity. 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 I. Kim 
 
 Notable as a magnificent picture of 
 Indian life in its mystery and complexity. 
 
 In character-drawing, Kipling has given 
 two contrasted types — the Anglo-Indian Kim 
 and the Indian Buddhist priest. 
 
 The philosophy of India is presented, and 
 is worth study. 
 
 D. Short Stories 
 
 1. Plain tales from the hills 
 
 This volume is notable as a study of 
 Indian life, especially of English official life. 
 It made India known to the western world. 
 
 It is notable for certain stories, especially 
 those which introduce the three soldiers. 
 
 2. Life's handicap 
 
 This volume is memorable for the reason 
 that it contains some of Kipling's greatest 
 stories: The courting of Dinah Shadd, On 
 Greenhow Hill, Without benefit of clergy, 
 and The man who was. 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 7 
 
 It compares with the other volume in its 
 humorous stories. 
 
 It is marked! by the picturing of the 
 ghastly and terrible. 
 
 Poetry 
 
 1. Barrack-room ballads 
 
 This volume made Kipling known, and 
 is notable for Mandalay, Danny Deever, and 
 Fuzzy-Wuzzy. 
 
 It showed Kipling's tendency to use very 
 unconventional language and rhythms. 
 
 2. The Seven Seas 
 
 This is Kipling's greatest volume of 
 verse. In it he shows himself as the laureate 
 of the British Empire. The Song of the 
 English, The native born. The flowers, The 
 song of the banjo, and some other poems 
 should be studied to show this. 
 
 The volume is remarkable, too, for the 
 further studies of army life, such as: That 
 day. Bill 'Awkins, and Soldier and sailor too. 
 
 The volume also contains what some 
 think to be Kipling's most important and 
 characteristic poem, MacAndrews' hymn. It 
 also contains the striking poem of Wander- 
 lust, For to admire, and the famous Envoi. 
 
 V 
 
 ROBERT BRIDGES (1844-) 
 
 A. Works 
 
 The most important of Bridges's works are con- 
 tained in Poems of Robert Bridges (Oxford Univ 
 Press, 1913, 50c) -. 
 
 B. References 
 
 Bridges and the laureateship. Outlook, 104 : 594. 
 Lyrical poetry of the new laureate. Forum, 50: 
 877-90. 
 
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 Poetry of Robert Bridges, Living age, 278: 515- 
 
 29, 
 
 Robert Bridges's literary alphabet, Independent, 
 
 76: 131 
 
 Laureate and his work. Independent, 75 : 259-60. 
 
 C. Plays 
 
 The two masks, Prometheus the firegiver, and 
 Demeter, in the Oxford edition, are representative 
 of his plays. They are literary and imitative of 
 classical models, and are written in exquisite verse. 
 
 D. Narrative Poems 
 
 His one long narrative poem, Eros and Psyche 
 (1895), is worthy of study. It is based on the prose 
 account of Apuleius, and is worthy of its original. 
 
 Study the verse of this poem. 
 
 E. The Shorter Poems 
 
 The finest of these are lyrics. First should be 
 mentioned the sonnet-sequence called The Growth 
 of Love. Study this for the story, and study some 
 of the finest sonnets individually. 
 The best of the other lyrics are: 
 
 Elegy, p. 225 
 
 A passer-by, p. 244 
 
 There is a hill, p. 248 
 
 The downs, p. 251 
 
 I have loved flowers that fade, p.263 
 
 A robin, p. 309 
 
 I never shall love the snow again, p. 309 
 
 Nightingales, p. 311 
 
 VI 
 
 GEORGE GISSING (1857-1903) 
 
 Most Important Novels 
 *The new Grub street, 1904 (Dutton, $1.50) 
 Will Warburton, 1905 
 *Thyrza, 1907 (Dutton, $1) 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 9 
 
 B. References 
 
 Read carefully Gissing's The private papers of 
 Henry Ryecroft, 1906 (Button, v^i.50). This book 
 is really an autobiography of Gissing, and gives fine 
 expression to his noble artistic ideals in fiction. 
 Reminiscences, Living age, 251:216 
 The idealistic realist, Atlantic, 93 : 280. 
 An impression of Gissing, Living age, 243 : 31 
 Gissing, The spokesman of despair, Living age, 
 
 243 ' 733. 
 
 Work of George Gissmg, Livmg age, 240:714- 
 
 723. 
 
 Novels 
 
 1. The New Grub Street 
 
 Connect this novel with The private 
 papers of Henry Ryecroft, and note the 
 autobiographical element. 
 
 Note how the story is made to revolve 
 around the literary center. 
 
 Note that in spite of the general theme, 
 Gissing has a place for humor in the book. 
 
 2. Will Warhurton 
 
 Note the sub-title: "A romance of real 
 life." This is eminently characteristic of the 
 author. 
 
 Follow the career of Warburton, and 
 note the autobiographical element. 
 
 3. Thyrza 
 
 Egremont, "the idealist," the social re- 
 former, and his love, form the subject of the 
 novel. Study his character. 
 
 Note the London of Gissing which is the 
 background of this novel, and the London 
 tyes of character. 
 
 With Egremont contrast Gilbert Grail, 
 the "man of the people." 
 
 The main character in the book is, of 
 course, Thyrza Trent. She is a remarkable 
 study in characterization. 
 
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 VII 
 
 JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-) 
 
 A. Most Important Novels 
 
 *Typhoon, 1903 (Putnam, $1.50) 
 
 Nostromo, 1904 (Harper, $1.35) 
 "^Lord Jim, 1909 (Doubleday, $1.35) 
 
 Romance, 1912 (Doubleday, $1.35) 
 
 Chance, 1914 (Doubleday, $1.35) 
 
 B. References 
 
 Art of Joseph Conrad, Living age, 236: 120. 
 
 Genius of Joseph Conrad, North American re- 
 view 178: 842-52. 
 
 Atlantic, 98 : 697. 
 
 Disquisition of Conrad, Living age, 257 : 416-20. 
 
 Joseph Conrad and sea fiction. Living age, 276: 
 264-78. 
 
 Harper's weekly, 46:1412-3, and Forum 34: 
 400-2. 
 
 If Conrad's preface to The Nigger of the "Nar- 
 cissus" is available, it should be read, as it gives an 
 insight into Conrad's methods and ideals. 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 I. Typhoon 
 
 The primary qualities of Conrad are (i) 
 powers of description, especially description 
 of the sea, (2) intensity of emotional narra- 
 tive, (3) tensely emotional characterization, 
 and (4) vividness and swiftness of action. 
 
 The striking thing about his thought is 
 his fatalism, or belief in chance. This is 
 clearly to be seen in his novels, and should 
 be studied. 
 
 Study the characters in the light of these 
 statements, and in relationship to the general 
 action. 
 
 Study Conrad's descriptions of the right 
 of the ship against the tempestuous seas. 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 11 
 
 2. Lord Jim 
 
 Study the leading character, and note 
 how he recovers his self-respect. 
 
 Note the descriptions of sea and forest. 
 
 Note the psychological problem involved : 
 the man failed to meet a crisis, lost his self- 
 respect, and succeeds in regaining it after a 
 long period. 
 
 VIII 
 
 WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-) 
 
 A. Most Important Novels 
 
 Joseph Vance, 1906 (Holt, $1.35) 
 ^Somehow good, 1908 (Holt, $1.35) 
 *It never can happen again, 1909 (Holt, $1.35) 
 
 B. References 
 
 William T. Scott, Chesterton and other essays 
 (Eaton & Mains, 1912, $1.25) 
 
 Somehow good. Living age, 257 : 567-70. 
 
 De Morgan, artist, potter, and novelist. Outlook, 
 90:711-18. 
 
 De Morgan's confession. Outlook, 96:375. 
 
 Letter to William de Morgan, Atlantic, 106 : 249- 
 53- 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 I. Somehow good 
 
 The title is borrowed from Tennyson's 
 In Memoriam: 
 
 "O, yet we trust that, somehow, good 
 
 Will be the final goal of ill." 
 This moral problem is the theme of the whole 
 novel. Study in detail how it is worked out 
 in the case of Sally. 
 
 De Morgan is a real character creator. 
 Sally is well worth study. 
 
 Note De Morgan's interest in the psycho- 
 logical problem of lost personality and its 
 gradual return. 
 
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 The author has been blamed for his use 
 of the "long arm of coincidence." Is this 
 true of the meeting of Sally and Fenwick ? 
 2. It never can happen again 
 
 Study the relationship between Dickens 
 and De Morgan. Compare Lizarann Coup- 
 land and her father with some of Dickens's 
 characters. 
 
 Compare the use of London as a back- 
 ground in Dickens and De Morgan. 
 
 Study the character of Lady Julia Ak- 
 royd, and her relationship to Alfred Challis. 
 
 As type of the hateful character, Mrs. 
 Eldridge ("Charlotte") is worthy of study. 
 
 De Morgan is humorous and pathetic in 
 character and incident. To illustrate this, 
 follow the career of Lizarann. 
 
 IX 
 
 H. G. WELLS (1866-) 
 
 A. Most Important Novels 
 
 =^Tono-Bungay, 1908 (Duffield, $1.50) 
 The New Machiavelli, 1910 (Duffield, $1.35) 
 
 ^Marriage, 1912 (Duffield, $1.35) 
 The passionate friends, 1913 (Harper, $1.35) 
 
 B. References 
 
 H. G. Wells and the American sphinx. Living 
 age, 251:565. 
 
 The theme of Tono-Bungay, Living age, 264: 
 604-607. 
 
 Outlook, 70:780-781. 
 
 Atlantic, 94 : 275. 
 
 North American review, 198:718-723. 
 
 H. G. Wells, social prophet, Independent, 76: 
 348-353. 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 13 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 1. Tono-Bungay 
 
 For an understanding of the purpose of 
 Wells and of the novel in general as he con- 
 ceives it, read an article by Wells on the 
 contemporary novel in the Atlantic monthly, 
 January 19 12. 
 
 Note that this novel is a story of "big 
 business," the story of the success and fail- 
 ure of a business in a patent medicine. 
 
 Wells is weak in characterization. Uncle 
 Ponderovo is the only living' character. 
 
 Note the conventional characters, such 
 as George Ponderovo and Beatrice. 
 
 The novel is autobiographical in form, 
 and is really so, to a large extent, of Wells 
 himself. 
 
 2. Marriage 
 
 A study in marriage. Note that it is not 
 a story of illicit passion, but an attempt to 
 show how people are alienated by the mere 
 complexity of modern urban life. 
 
 The story is an indictment of modern 
 society, in its bad fitting of means to end and 
 its terrible waste. See the passage on waste, 
 p. 490^. 
 
 The ending has been criticized as un- 
 convincing. However, Labrador was in- 
 tended by the author to stand for a society 
 where people could get back to first things 
 and simple relationships. It was there that 
 husband and wife first learned to know each 
 other. 
 
 Each of Wells's novels has a "thesis," 
 and this is no exception. 
 
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 X 
 
 ARNOLD BENNETT (1867-) 
 
 A. Most Important Novels 
 
 "^Clayhanger, 1910 (Dutton, $1.50) 
 Hilda Lessways, 191 1 (Dutton, $1.50) 
 "^The old wives' tale, 1909 (Doran, $1.50) 
 
 B. References 
 
 The fiction of Arnold Bennett, Harper's, 124 
 638-40. 
 
 Arnold Bennett, an appreciation. Living age, 269 
 131-6. 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 1. Clay hanger 
 
 This novel illustrates certain character- 
 istics of Bennett: (i) he is the novelist of 
 ordinary, everyday commercialism; not of 
 romantic commercialism. Edwin Clayhanger 
 is an ilustration of this; (2) he localizes his 
 best stories at Five Towns; (3) his plots are 
 very loose; (4) he is interested in facts and 
 things and not in character. 
 
 Note that this novel is a detailed story of 
 a man's life. 
 
 2. The old wives' tale 
 
 Read the preface to the novel. 
 
 This story is a detailed account of the 
 lives of two sisters. 
 
 Note the variety of character types. 
 
 Note the descriptions: for instance, the 
 execution, p 331^, the siege of Paris, p 400;^, 
 and the murder, p 219^. 
 
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 XI 
 
 JOHN GALSWORTHY (1867-) 
 
 A. Most Important Works 
 
 1. Novels 
 
 *The Man of Property, 1906 (Putnam, 
 
 $1.35) 
 
 Fraternity, 1909 (Putnam, $1.35) 
 *The Patrician, 1911 (Scribner, $1.50) 
 
 2. Plays 
 
 Plays: *The silver box, Joy, *Strife. 
 (Putnam, $1.35) 
 
 B. References 
 
 J. Galsworthy, the new spirit in the drama. 
 Living age, 277 : 259-66. 
 Nation, 95 : 572. 
 Outlook, March 23, 191 2. 
 Harper's weekly, April 6, 19 12. 
 
 C. Novels 
 
 1. The man of property 
 
 This is a story of a family group — ^the 
 Forsytes. 
 
 It is an attack on conventionality, as 
 embodied in the story of June and Philip 
 Bonsinney. 
 
 2. The patrician 
 
 A satire on "the Vere de Veres," the high 
 aristocracy, and their prejudices. 
 
 Note that the entanglement depends on 
 divorce and its problems. 
 
 Miltoun is a fine study of character. The 
 tragedy comes not from wickedness, but from 
 lack of stamina. 
 
 D. Plays 
 
 I. The silver boJxr 
 
 The play is an indictment of the law as 
 it is administered. Jack is not arrested, but 
 Jones is sentenced. 
 
 Note how the play makes no concession 
 to sentiment. It moves relentlessly to its end. 
 
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 2. Strife 
 
 The theme is the struggle between Capi- 
 tal and Labor, and its consequences. 
 
 Note the two men, John Anthony and 
 David Roberts, both strong and honest, and 
 both wrong. 
 
 XII 
 WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865-) 
 
 A. Most Important Plays 
 
 *The Countess Cathleen (1899) 
 *The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) 
 ^Cathleen ni Hoolihan (1902) 
 The first two plays are contained in the Poetical 
 works of Yeats, 1907 (Macmillan, $2). 
 
 The third play is contained in The Hour-glass 
 and other plays, 1904 (Macmillan, $1.25 net). 
 
 B. References 
 
 H. S. Krans, Yeats and the Irish literary revival, 
 1904 (McClure, Phillips & Co.) 
 
 William Sharp, Later work of Yeats, North 
 American review, 175:473, 485. 
 
 C. F. G. Masterman, After the reaction, Living 
 age, 244: 197-9. 
 
 C. Plays 
 
 1. The Countess Cathleen 
 
 Note that the play is in verse. 
 
 The play is the story of the sale by the 
 Countess Cathleen of her soul to the Demon 
 to save others. 
 
 2. The Land of Heart's Desire 
 
 A perfect gem of poetry. 
 A beautiful fairy play on the theme of 
 revolt from dull reality. 
 
 3. Cathleen ni Hoolihan 
 
 The heroine is the symbol of Ireland in 
 the possession of the English. 
 
 Show how this theme is developed. 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 17 
 
 XIII 
 
 ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON (1862-) 
 
 A. Most Important Works 
 
 *The Upton letters (1907) 
 *From a college window (1907) 
 Ruskin, a study in personality (1911) 
 (Putnam, $1.25 each) 
 
 B. References 
 
 Three Bensons, Living age, 27:713-19. 
 Harper's weekly, 51: 1644. 
 Outlook, 85:399-401. 
 Forum, 40 : 400-5. 
 
 C. Books 
 
 In the work on Ruskin, he attempts to recon- 
 struct the personality of Ruskin; and so to bring 
 home to us the work of his author. 
 
 This is characteristic of the work of Benson in 
 general. All his work is a study and revelation of 
 personality. 
 
 From a college zvindozv is a very fine example of 
 this general principle. 
 
 Select for study half a dozen essays from the 
 first two volumes. 
 
 XIV 
 GILBERT K. CHESTERTON (1874-) 
 
 A. Most Important Works 
 
 ^Heretics, 1905 (John Lane, $1.50) 
 
 Tremendous Trifles, 1910. 
 
 Robert Browning, 1903. 
 *The Victorian age in literature, 19 13 (Holt, 50c). 
 
 B. References 
 
 William T. Scott, Chesterton and other essays, 
 
 1912 (Eaton and Mains, $1.25). 
 Forum, 40 : 394-400. 
 Outlook, yy\ 580-81. 
 Atlantic monthly, 92 : 420-3. 
 
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 C. Books 
 
 1. Heretics 
 
 In this book is seen to best advantage his 
 love of paradox. 
 
 He has a remarkable way of putting 
 things in a new way. 
 
 He is a social satirist, and thus alHes 
 himself with such men as Galsworthy. 
 
 2. The Victorian age in literature 
 
 This volume shows his grudge against 
 the Victorian age. It also shows him at his 
 best as a critic of a period. 
 
 The book is to be noted for its brilliant 
 studies of some of the main authors of the 
 period, for instance, of Macaulay, Tennyson, 
 and Browning. 
 
 Chesterton has written novels, poems, 
 and plays; but his essays are much more 
 important. 
 
 XV 
 
 ALFRED NOYES (1880-) 
 
 A. Most Important Works 
 
 Collected poems of Alfred Noyes, 1913 (Stokes, 
 
 $3)- 
 
 B. References 
 
 Review of Noyes's poems, North American re- 
 view, 183: 1179-82. 
 
 Alfred Noyes as a poet. North American review, 
 188:451-4. 
 
 Review of Drake, Forum, 43 : 550-8. 
 
 North American review, 194:96-105. 
 
 Forum, 8:535-48. 
 
 Century, July, 1914. 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 19 
 
 C. Poems 
 
 1. Forty singing seamen, and The barrel organ 
 
 These poems are most characteristic of 
 Noyes's early work. They are marked by 
 (i) rollicking rhythms and (2) humor. 
 
 2. The highzvayman is an example of a grim 
 story treated with power. 
 
 3. Drake (1909) is a long epic praising the 
 "spacious time of great Elizabeth" in general and 
 the heroism of Drake in particular. 
 
 a Study the character of Drake as 
 depicted in the poem. 
 
 b Study the lyrics which are introduced 
 into the main body of the story. 
 
 4. Tales of the Mermaid Tavern (1913) is a 
 series of poems celebrating the greatness of Shake- 
 speare, Marlowe, Ben Johnson, and their contempo- 
 
 raries. 
 
 Note the fine ballad poem, A knight of 
 the Ocean-Sea, in praise of Sir Humphrey 
 Gilbert. 
 
 The Sign of the Golden Shoe is the 
 tragic story of Christopher Marlowe. 
 
 XVI 
 
 WILFRID WILSON GIBSON (1878-) 
 
 A. Most Important Works 
 
 Daily bread, 1910 (Macmillan, $1.25) 
 *Fires, in three books, 1912 (Macmillan, $1.25) 
 
 B. Reference^ 
 
 A poet of the people. Outlook, 100 : 328-9. 
 Two of the newest poets, Atlantic monthly, 1 1 1 ; 
 489-95. 
 
20 STUDY OUTLINE ON 
 
 C. Poems 
 
 1. Daily bread is a series of little plays, or 
 dialogues, dealing with the life of the laboring 
 classes. 
 
 Note especially, On the road. The firstborn, 
 and especially The night-shift. 
 
 Note the short line and free rhythm of these 
 poems. 
 
 2. Fires is a series of poems on topics similar 
 to those of Daily bread. 
 
 As a sample study especially The hare. 
 
 Note that it is written in the four-foot iambic 
 line, rhyming in couplets. 
 
 The machine, The crane, and The ovens have 
 as their background modern machinery. 
 
 Red Fox is a tale of passion. 
 
 The shop is a pleasant little domestic story 
 told by the customer of the shop. 
 
 XVII 
 
 JOHN MASEFIELD (1875-) 
 
 A. Most Important Works 
 
 *The everlasting mercy, 191 1. 
 The widow in the Bye street, 191 1 (Macmillan) 
 The story of a round-house, 1913 
 The first two are contained in one volume (Mac- 
 millan, $1.25) 
 
 B. References 
 
 A visit to John Masefield, Independent, 73 : 533- 
 
 538- . . 
 
 Living English poets, North American review, 
 
 198:375-7. 
 
 Masefield's poetry. Living age, 278 : 141-8. 
 
 Poetry and the average man. Outlook, 103 : 260-1. 
 
 Two of the newest poets, Atlantic monthly, 1 1 1 : 
 489-95. 
 
ENGLISH LITERATURE 21 
 
 Poems 
 
 1. The everlasting mercy 
 
 The poem is narrative, and is thus char- 
 acteristic of Masefield. 
 
 The poem deals with' life in a very real- 
 istic manner. Nevertheless, there is a 
 strongly marked idealistic tendency. 
 
 The verse form is the four-foot iambic 
 rhyming in couplets. 
 
 2. The story of a round-house 
 
 This is the story of a man who aspired 
 to be an artist, but who was cut off by a hard 
 fate. 
 
 The description of the storm at sea in 
 this poem is probably unsurpassed in English 
 literature. It may be compared with the 
 storm in Byron's Don Juan, Canto II. 
 
 Study the character of Dauber, and note 
 that while he failed, he at least aspired. 
 
 Masefield is a narrative poet. Study the 
 vigor and directness of this story. 
 
 Note that in spite of the occasional and 
 frequently needless vulgarity of language, 
 Masefield has a serious purpose. 
 
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