An Outline History of English Literature takes a look at English literature, from the pre-Chaucerian period (500?1340 A.D.) down to the present age. It not only keeps a sequential account of various English Literature works but also of great writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Milton, John Dryden, William Wordsworth, Alfred Tennyson and T.S. Eliot who were the backbone of English Literature. This book is a must read for students, researchers and literature buffs.