The Short Oxford History of English Literature

The Short Oxford History of English Literature

Andrew Sanders

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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. click to read more

Categories:
History

Year:
2004

Edition:
3

Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA

Language:
english

Pages:
766 / 396

ISBN 10:
0199263388

ISBN 13:
9780199263387

File:
PDF, 2.19 MB