Author: Pramod K Nayar
Publisher: Foundation Books
ISBN: 9788175966260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
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
Author: Pramod K Nayar
Publisher: Foundation Books
ISBN: 9788175966260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
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
Publisher: Foundation Books
ISBN: 9788175966260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
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
Author: Benjamin Ifor Evans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Short History of English Literature
Author: Harry Blamires
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134942095
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134942095
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
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.
A Short History of English Literature
Author: George Saintsbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
A Short History of English Literature
Author: Harry Blamires
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134942109
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134942109
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
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.
A History of English Literature
Author: Michael Alexander
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN: 9780333913970
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN: 9780333913970
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
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.
English Literature
Author: William Joseph Long
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
A Little History of Literature
Author: John Sutherland
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300188366
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300188366
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.
A Short History of England's and America's Literature
Author: Eva March Tappan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature
Author: Pat Rogers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192854377
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192854377
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.