A Brief History Of English Literature

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A Brief History of English Literature provides a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day. The authors write in their characteristically lucid style which enables the reader to engage fully with the narrative and easily understand the texts in relation to the social, political and cultural contexts in which they were written. A masterpiece of clarity and compression, this book is a must have for anyone interested in the history of literature from the British Isles.

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  • Year: 2,002

  • Pages: 183

  • Pages In File: 183

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 108

  • Identifier: 9780333791776,0333791770

  • Ddc: 821

  • Lcc: PR83 .P43 2002

  • Org File Size: 91,270,293

  • Extension: pdf

  • Tags: Литературоведение Изучение зарубежной литературы Литература Англии

  • Toc: Preface......Page 3Acknowledgements......Page 51. Old English......Page 62. Middle English Literature......Page 133. Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose......Page 234. Shakespeare......Page 325. Renaissance and Restoration drama......Page 426. Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose......Page 517. The Eighteenth Century......Page 638. The Novel: The First Hundred Years......Page 729. The Romantic Period......Page 8110. Victorian Literature......Page 90

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