英國文學作品選讀

Selected Readings in English Literature is to serve as a textbook for Readings in English Literature， a companion-course to History of English Literature， for third-and fourth-year students majoring in English in Chinese colleges and universities.

The selected readings included herein are all taken from original writings in English literature through the centuries， with the exception of excerpts from Beowulf and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales for which modern English translations are given in the place of the original works in Old English and Middle English. As a rule， short texts chosen are given in their entirety， while longer works are represented by excerpts. In accordance with the wishes of a number of teachers who will be using this book， we have included more selections here than are necessary for normal classroom use so that teachers may feel free to make their own choice.

Ample notes for difficult words and phrases in the selections are provided in simple English， in rare cases with added brief explanations in Chinese，

There are short introductory remarks to precede each selection and there are two appendices at the end of the book： Appendix I giving biographical sketches of the authors of the selections and Appendix II a list of books （with specified editions and dates of publication）， from which the texts in this anthology are taken.

We have tried here to give selections of representative works in English literature from its beginnings to the 20th century， but our personal inclinations make it almost impossible to avoid arbitrary choices. We welcome suggestions for improvement from our readers so that revisions may be made from time to time. ^[1] 

Volume 1：

BEOWULF （Excerpts from the poem）

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

THE CANTERBURYTALES

The Prologue （Excerpts）

The Pardoner's Tale （Excerpt）

THE POPUIAR BALIADS

Robin Hood and the Bishop

Sir Patrick Spens

Get up and Bar the Door

THOMAS MORE

UTOPIA

EDMUND SPENSER

THE FAERIE QUEENE

Book I： The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or the Holinesse

Canto I

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

SONNETS

Sonnet 18

Sonnet 29

Sonnet 66

TWO SONGS （Taken from AS YOU LIKE IT）

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Act IV

HAMLET

Act I

Hamlet's Soliloquy (From Act III， Scene 1）

BEN JONSON

SONG TO CELIA

JOHN DONNE

DEATH BE NOT PROUD

ROBERT HERRICK

TO THE VIRGINS，TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME

GEORGE HERBERT

VIRTUE

FRANCIS BACON

OF STUDIES

THE KING JAMES BIBIE OF 1611

THE STORY OF SAMSON (Taken from Chapters 13-16， The Book of Judges in The Old Testament）

JOHN MILTON

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APPENDIX

Volume 2：

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

EARTH HAS NOT ANYTHING TO SHOW MORE FAIR

THE SOLITARY REAPER

THE DAFFODILS

UNES WRITTEN ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY (Excerpt： Lines 1-93）

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERJDGE

KUBLA KHAN

GEORGE NOEL GORDON BYRON

SONG FOR THE LUDDITES

SONNET ON CHILLON

CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE (Canto III， Stanzas 18-25）

DON JUAN (Canto III， The Isles of Greece; Canto IX， Stanzas 1-9; Canto XI， Stanzas 9-11; Canto XII， Stanzas 5-6）

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND

THE MASK OF ANARCHY (Stanzas 37-43， 47-51， 65-79， 89-91）

LIBERTY

ODE TO THE WEST WIND

ONE WORD IS TOO OFTEN PROFANED

JOHN KEATS

ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER

ISABELLA (Excerpt： Stanzas 14-16）

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

ODE ON A GRECIAN URN

WALTER SCOTT

THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN (Chapters 6 & 7）

WILLIAM COBBETT

EXCERPTS FROM RURAL RIDES

EXCERPT FROM COTTAGE ECONOMY

EXCERPT FROM COBBETT'S SERMONS： ON THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR

JANE AUSTEN

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Excerpt： Chapter 1）

WILLIAM HAZLITT

ON FAMILIAR STYLE （Excerpt from the essay）

CHARLES LAMB

THE SUPERANNUATED MAN

THOMAS HOOD

THE SONG OF THE SHIRT

ERNEST CHARLES JONES

THE SONG OF THE FUTURE

(Air-"The Four-leaved Shamrock"）

THE SONG OF THE LOW

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APPENDIX

Volume 3 ^[1]