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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Henry Augustin Beers (1847-?), native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bishop and first Chancellor of...]]></itunes:subtitle>

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<title><![CDATA[00 – Introduction, Preface]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[01 – Part 1, Chapter I – From the Conquest to Chaucer, 1066-1400]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[02 – Part 1, Chapter II – From Chaucer to Spenser, 1400-1599]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[03 – Part 1, Chapter III – The Age of Shakspere, 1564-1616]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[04 – Part 1, Chapter IV – The Age of Milton, 1608-1674]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[05 – Part 1, Chapter V – From the Restoration to the Death of Pope, 1660-1744]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[06 – Part 1, Chapter VI – From the Death of Pope to the French Revolution, 1744-1789]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[07 – Part 1, Chapter VII – From the French Revolution to the Death of Scott, 1789-1832]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[08 – Part 1, Chapter VIII – From the Death of Scott to the Present Time, 1832-1886]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[09 – Part 1, Chapter IX – Theological and Religious Literature in Great Britain]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 – Part 2, Preface & Chapter I – The Colonial Period, 1607-1765]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[11 – Part 2, Chapter II – The Revolutionary Period, 1765-1815]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[12 – Part 2, Chapter III – The Era of National Expansion, 1815-1837]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[13 – Part 2, Chapter IV – The Concord Writers, 1837-1861]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[14 – Part 2, Chapter V – The Cambridge Scholars, 1837-1861]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[15 – Part 2, Chapter VI – Literature in the Cities, 1837-1861]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[16 – Part 2, Chapter VII – Literature since 1861]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[17 – Part 2, Chapter VIII – Theological and Religious Literature in America]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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