The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. In the preliminary statement of the aims and objects of this History, communicated to those who were invited to become contributors to it, the editors emphasised the following purpose of their undertaking: A connected account was to be given of the successive movements of English literature, both main and subsidiary; and this was intended to imply an adequate treatment of secondary writers, instead of their being overshadowed by a few great names. - Summary by Preface

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 56
• Listed recording duration: 20:30:55

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• French
• romance
• story
• language
• Alfred
• poem
• middle english

Opening tracks: first 24 of 56

1. 01 - The Beginnings by A.R. Waller — 15:12
2. 02 - Runes and Manuscripts Part 1 by A.C. Paues — 21:09
3. 03 - Runes and Manuscripts Part 2 by A.C. Paues — 15:46
4. 04 - Early National Poetry Part 1 by H. Munroe Chadwick — 29:15
5. 05 - Early National Poetry Part 2 by H. Munroe Chadwick — 18:14
6. 06 - Early National Poetry Part 3 by H. Munroe Chadwick — 20:05
7. 07 - Old English Christian Poetry Part 1 by M. Bentick Smith — 24:28
8. 08 - Old English Christian Poetry Part 2 by M. Bentick Smith — 26:50
9. 09 - Old English Christian Poetry Part 3 by M. Bentick Smith — 20:49
10. 10 - Latin Writings in England to the Time of Alfred Part 1 by Montague Rhodes James — 21:45
11. 11 - Latin Writings in England to the Time of Alfred Part 2 by Montague Rhodes James — 21:38
12. 12 - Latin Writings in England to the Time of Alfred Part 3 by Montague Rhodes James — 23:43
13. 13 - Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign Part 1 by P.G. Thomas — 16:23
14. 14 - Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign Part 2 by P.G. Thomas — 14:33
15. 15 - Alfred and the Old English Prose of his Reign Part 3 by P.G. Thomas — 26:05
16. 16 - From Alfred to the Conquest Part 1 by John S. Westlake — 32:39
17. 17 - From Alfred to the Conquest Part 2 by John S. Westlake — 17:25
18. 18 - From Alfred to the Conquest Part 3 by John S. Westlake — 25:15
19. 19 - From Alfred to the Conquest Part 4 by John S. Westlake — 29:33
20. 20 - From Alfred to the Conquest Part 5 by John S. Westlake — 20:36
21. 21 - The Norman Conquest by A.R. Waller — 15:27
22. 22 - Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 1 by W. Lewis Jones — 21:13
23. 23 - Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 2 by W. Lewis Jones — 22:30
24. 24 - Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries Part 3 by W. Lewis Jones — 23:09

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