《新编英国文学(英文版)》是英文版英国文学史教材，按时间顺序介绍了中世纪、伊丽莎白时代、17世纪、新古典主义时代、前浪漫主义时期、浪漫主义时代、维多利亚时代、现代主义时代及后现代主义时期英国文学发展的概况，重点介绍并分析了各个时期的代表作家及重要作品。
本书内容新颖，条理层次分明，重点突出，便于读者在较短的时间内掌握有关的知识。较好地兼顾了思想性、艺术性、学术性、可读性和实用性。

Chapter 1 Old Enslish Literature
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.The Development of the English Language
Ⅲ.Literary Features
Ⅳ.Representative Writers and Works
Ⅴ.Beowulf and the Heroic Epic Tradition
Chapter 2 Middle Engilsh Literature(1066-1510)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Roruance and Sir Gawain
Ⅳ.Popular Ballad
Ⅴ.Medieval Drama
Ⅵ.William Langland and Piers Plowman
Ⅶ.Geoffrey Chaucer
Ⅷ.Reading
Chapter 3 Literature of Renaissance and Reformation(1510-1620)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Renaissance Poetry
Ⅳ.Renaissance Prose
Ⅴ.Renaissance Drama
Ⅵ.William Shakespeare
Ⅶ.Reading
Chapter 4 Literature of Revolution and Restoration(1620-90)
Ⅰ.Historical Background and Literary Features
Ⅱ.Seventeenth-Century Prose
Ⅲ.Seventeenth-Century Drama
Ⅳ.Seventeenth-Century Poetry
Ⅴ.John Milton
Ⅵ.Reading
Chapter 5 The Eighteenth Century Literature(1690-1780)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Ⅳ.Eighteenth-Century Prose
Ⅴ.Eighteenth-Century Novel
Ⅵ.Eighteenth-Century Drama
Ⅶ.Reading
Chpater 6 The Literature of the Romantic Period(1780-1831)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Romantic Poetry
Ⅳ.Romantic Essayists
Ⅴ.The Novel in the Romantic Period
Ⅵ.Reading
Chapter 7 Victorian Literature (1832-1900)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Victorian Novel
Ⅳ.Victorian Poetry
Ⅴ.Victorian Critics and Historians
Ⅵ.Victorian Drama
Ⅶ.Reading
Chapter 8 The Twentieth Century Literature (1900-45)
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Modem Poetry to 1945
Ⅳ.Modem Drama to 1945
Ⅴ.Modem Novels to 1945
Ⅵ.Reading
Chapter 9 Engiish Literature Since 1945
Ⅰ.Historical Background
Ⅱ.Literary Features
Ⅲ.Drama Since 1945
Ⅳ.Novel Since 1945
Ⅴ.Poetry Since 1945
Ⅵ.Reading
Selected Bibliography