A Short History of English Literature
A Short History of English Literature

Author: Pramod K Nayar

Publisher: Foundation Books

Published: 2009-03-09

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9788175966260

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A Short History of English Literature is a comprehensive survey, in chronological fashion, of the major periods, authors and movements from Chaucer to the present. Written for undergraduate and postgraduate students in South Asian universities, this History locates authors, genres and developments within their social, political and historical contexts. Informed by contemporary literary and cultural theory, this account also prepares the student for further explorations in particular genres and periods in English literature. Key Features • A timeline and backgrounds chapter in each section to locate texts and writers in their social and political contexts • Additional information in boxes to draw attention to crucial 'moments' in the story of English literature • A revisionist reading of each period from new perspectives including feminism, new historicism and postcolonialism • An up-to-date bibliography and webliography to guide students to further specialized readings and introduce them to indispensable online resources • A detailed index of writers and their writings for easy reference and accessibility

A Short History of English Literature
A Short History of English Literature

Author: Harry Blamires

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1134942109

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First published in 2012. This work of introduction is designed to escort the reader through some six centuries of English literature. It begins in the fourteenth century at the point at which the language written in our country is recognizably our own, and ends in the 1950s. It is a compact survey, summing up the substance and quality of the individual achievements that make up our literature. The aim is to leave the reader informed about each writer’s main output, sensitive to the special character of his gifts, and aware of his place in the story of our literature as a whole.

English Literature
English Literature

Author: William J. Long

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13:

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"English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World" by William J. Long resents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era. It's a useful and interesting guide for students as well as teachers of English literature, specially European and American, despite over a hundred years passing since the time of its first publication.

A History of English Literature
A History of English Literature

Author: Michael Alexander

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 9780333913970

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This text provides a comprehensive survey of one of the richest and oldest literatures in the world. Presented as a narrative, and usable as a work of reference, this text offers an account of literature from the beginnings of English until the year 2000.

A Little History of Literature
A Little History of Literature

Author: John Sutherland

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0300188366

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From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter, this rollicking romp through the world of literature reveals how writings from all over the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human.

The Short Oxford History of English Literature
The Short Oxford History of English Literature

Author: Andrew Sanders

Publisher:

Published: 2000-01

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 9780198186960

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A guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. The volume includes information on Old and Middle English, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the 17th and 18th centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing.