A brief history of English literature / John Peck and Martin Coyle.

By:

Peck, John, 1947-

Contributor(s):

Coyle, Martin

Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.Description: xiii, 353 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0333791762
0333791770 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

English literature -- History and criticism

DDC classification:

820.9 21

LOC classification:

PR83 .P43 2002

Contents:

Old English Literature -- Middle English Literature -- Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose -- Shakespeare -- Renaissance and Restoration Drama -- Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose -- The Eighteenth Century -- The Novel: The First Hundred Years -- The Romantic Period -- Victorian Literature 1837-1857 -- Victorian Literature 1857-1876 -- Victorian Literature 1874-1901 -- The Twentieth Century: The Early Years -- The Twentieth Century: Between the Wars -- The Twentieth Century: The Second World War to the End of the Millennium. Postscript. Chronology.

Summary: Publisher description: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-334) and index.

Publisher description: 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.