An outline of English literature /

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Designed as an accessible outline of the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon verse to the present day. Major figures such as Chaucer, Milton, Donne, Wordsworth, Dickens, Eliot and Auden are covered and a separate section is devoted to Shakespeare.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rogers, Pat, 1938-
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
English literature > History and criticism.
English literature > Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/91036442-d.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/91036442-b.html
Table of Contents:
  • Old and Middle English (c700-1485), J.A. Burrow; Tudor literature, John Pitcher; William Shakespeare, Philip Edwards; the 17th century (1603-1674), Brian Vickers; Restoration and 18th century (1660-1780), Isobel Grundy; the Romantic period (1780-1830), Claire Lamont; high Victorian literature (1830-1880), Andrew Sanders; late Victorian to modernist (1880-1930), Bernard Bergonzi; mid-20th-century literature (1930-1980), Martin Dodsworth.

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