Chapter I: Front Matter

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE

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A HISTORY

OF

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE

BY

GEORGE SAINTSBURY

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1920

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_First Edition_ 1887. _Second Edition_ 1890.

_Reprinted_ 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1901, 1903, 1907, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1920.