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- Publication Name
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- ISBN
- 9780198186977
- Book Title
- Short Oxford History of English Literature
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 6.1 in
- Edition
- 2
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Topic
- European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Item Weight
- 38.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 742 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198186975
ISBN-13
9780198186977
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1848850
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Short Oxford History of English Literature
Number of Pages
742 Pages
Language
English
Topic
European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
38.8 Oz
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Width
9.1 in
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LCCN
00-021242
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An excellent introduction and reference tool for sixth- formers and undergraduates. The Times Higher Education Supplement
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
820.9
Table Of Content
Introduction: Poet's Corners: The Development of a Canon of English Literature1. Old English Literature2. English Medieval Literature 1066-15103. Renaissance and Reformation: Literature 1510-16204. Revolution and Restoration: Literature 1620-16905. Eighteenth-Century Literature 1690-17806. The Literature of the Romantic Period 1780-18307. High Victorian literature 1830-18808. Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature 1880-19209. Modernism and its Alternatives: Literature 1920-194510. Post-War and post Modern LiteratureNotes on Further ReadingIndex
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
The Short Oxford History of English Literature 2e provides a comprehensive beginners guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day in one volume. This book is an established introduction to English literature, with separate chapters tracing the development from Beowulf to the post-modern fictions of Seamus Heaney and Angela Carter including a new section on late 20th century prose and British and Irish poetry of the 60s. The Historyprovides detailed discussion of Old and Middle English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing. Discussions of key writers and works from Anselm and Chaucer to Spenser andBunyan, and from Swift and Johnson to Dickens and DH Lawrence, are combined with analysis of the impact on literature of contemporary political, social, and intellectual developments. The book includes Scottish, Irish, and Welsh writers, and it asks about the future of the canon in the light of thefragmented condition of British writing in the post-imperial period. Lively, accessible, and up-to-date, The Short Oxford History of English Literature will be an invaluable source for general readers and a key textbook for sixth-form students, first year undergraduates, and foreign students of English literature., The Short Oxford History of English Literature, 2e provides a comprehensive beginner's guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day in one volume. Separate chapters trace the development from Beowulf to the post-modern fictions of Seamus Heaney and Angela Carter and include a new section on late 20th century prose and British and Irish poetry of the 60s. The History provides detailed discussion of Old and Middle English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing. Discussions of key writers and works are combined with analysis of the impact on literature of contemporary political, social, and intellectual developments. The book includes Scottish, Irish, and Welsh writers, and it asks about the future of the canon in the light of the fragmented condition of British writing in the post-imperial period., The Short Oxford History of English Literature 2e provides a comprehensive beginners guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day in one volume. This book is an established introduction to English literature, with separate chapters tracing the development from Beowulf to the post-modern fictions of Seamus Heaney and Angela Carter including a new section on late 20th century prose and British and Irish poetry of the 60s. The History provides detailed discussion of Old and Middle English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing. Discussions of key writers and works from Anselm and Chaucer to Spenser and Bunyan, and from Swift and Johnson to Dickens and DH Lawrence, are combined with analysis of the impact on literature of contemporary political, social, and intellectual developments. The book includes Scottish, Irish, and Welsh writers, and it asks about the future of the canon in the light of the fragmented condition of British writing in the post-imperial period. Lively, accessible, and up-to-date, The Short Oxford History of English Literature will be an invaluable source for general readers and a key textbook for sixth-form students, first year undergraduates, and foreign students of English literature.
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PR83.S26 2000
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