From Chaucer to Tennyson With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors

"From Chaucer to Tennyson" by Henry A. Beers is a literary exploration that journeys through time, charting the course of English literature from its Anglo-Saxon roots to the heights of the Romantic era. The book starts by laying the groundwork, looking at how the Norman Conquest changed the English language and set the stage for a new literary landscape. It guides us through the shifting periods of English literature, pointing to the rebirth of written English after centuries of change, and gives glimpses of important figures like Chaucer who helped shape the future of writing.