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100 1 _aPeck, John,
_d1947-
245 1 2 _aA brief history of English literature /
_cJohn Peck and Martin Coyle.
260 _aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;
_aNew York :
_bPalgrave,
_c2002.
300 _axiii, 353 p. ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-334) and index.
505 0 _aOld 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.
520 _aPublisher 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.
650 0 _aEnglish literature
_xHistory and criticism.
700 1 _aCoyle, Martin.
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