Download or read book The New Pelican Guide to English Literature: From Dryden to Johnson written by Boris Ford and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1. pt. 1. Medieval literature : Chaucer and the alliterative tradition. pt. 2. Medieval literature : the European inheritance -- v.2. The age of Shakespeare - - v.3. From Donne to Marvell -- v.4. From Dryden to Johnson -- v.5. From Blake to Byron -- v.6. From Dickens to Hardy -- v.7. From James to Elliot -- v.8. The present -- v.9. American literature.