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The short Oxford history of English literature/
"The Short Oxford History of English Literature provides a comprehensive and authoritative introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day, including a full treatment of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh writing in English. The chapters are a...
| Format: | Printed Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| 245 | |a The short Oxford history of English literature/ |c Andrew sanders. |h English | ||
| 250 | |a 3rd ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Oxford ; New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2004. | ||
| 300 | |a vii, 756 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a The Short Oxford History of English Literature offers an introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day covering all the major periods of English literature chronologically. This third edition has been revised and updated incorporating a greater number of female and contemporary authors. | ||
| 505 | |a Introduction: Poets' Corners: The Development of a Canon of English Literature 1. Old English Literature 2. Medieval Literature 1066-1510 3. Renaissance and Reformation: Literature 1510-1620 4. Revolution and Restoration: Literature 1620-1690 5. Eighteenth-Century Literature 1690-1780 6. The Literature of the Romantic Period 1780-1830 7. High Victorian Literature 1830-1880 8. Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature 1880-1920 9. Modernism and its Alternatives: Literature 1920-1945 10. Post-War and Post-Modern Literature Chronology Guide to Further Reading Index. | ||
| 520 | |a "The Short Oxford History of English Literature provides a comprehensive and authoritative introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day, including a full treatment of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh writing in English. The chapters are arranged chronologically, covering all major periods of English literature from Old English to the post-war era, including the medieval period, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Romanticism, the Victorians, Modernism, and Postmodernism. In addition to a detailed discussion of all major figures and their works, Andrew Sanders examines throughout the relationship between the literary landscape and wider contemporary social, political, and intellectual developments." "This edition contains a range of new entries on important contemporary authors and an increased focus on female writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as a fully updated and revised bibliography."--Jacket. | ||
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