J. J. Jusserand’s monumental Literary History of the English People traces the development of English writing from its earliest Anglo-Saxon origins through to the Renaissance, placing literary development within its historical and social context. Jusserand, a French diplomat and celebrated scholar, brought an outsider’s clarity and genuine enthusiasm to the English literary tradition.
Covering Old English verse, medieval romances, chronicles, religious writing, and the flowering of Renaissance drama and poetry, this volume remains a landmark of comparative literary scholarship. Download the free EPUB for a sweeping and authoritative history of English literature in its formative centuries.