Part OneA Brief History of British LiteratureChapter One Literature of Old English and Middle EnglishChapter Two Literature of the RenaissanceChapter Three Literature of the Seventeenth CenturyChapter Four Literature of the Eighteenth CenturyChapter Five Literature of the Nineteenth CenturyChaoter Six Literature of the Twentieth Century (the First Half) Part TwoA Brief History of American LiteratureChoppier One The Period of ColonialismChapter Two The Revolutionary PeriodChapter Three The Period of RomanticismChapter Four The Period of RealismChapter Five The Period from 1920s to 1940sPart ThreeA Brief ltistory of Canadian LiteratureChapter One Literature before 1867Chapter Two IAterature between 1867 and the First World WarChapter Three Literature between the First World War and the Second World WarChapter Four Literature since the Second World WarPart FourA Brief History of Australian l,iteratureChapter One Literature of the Colonial Period (1788-1900) Chapter Two Literature from Independence to the Second World War(1901-1945) Chapter Three Literature after the Second World War (1945- )