Author: Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231116282
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
From the author of "The Cheese and the Worms" comes a quartet of luminous explorations into English literature, from Sir Thomas More to Robert Louis Stevenson. 14 illustrations.
No Island is an Island
Author: Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231116282
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
From the author of "The Cheese and the Worms" comes a quartet of luminous explorations into English literature, from Sir Thomas More to Robert Louis Stevenson. 14 illustrations.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231116282
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
From the author of "The Cheese and the Worms" comes a quartet of luminous explorations into English literature, from Sir Thomas More to Robert Louis Stevenson. 14 illustrations.
English Literature in Context
Author: Paul Poplawski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107141672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
From Anglo-Saxon runes to postcolonial rap, this undergraduate textbook covers the social and historical contexts of the whole of the English literature.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107141672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
From Anglo-Saxon runes to postcolonial rap, this undergraduate textbook covers the social and historical contexts of the whole of the English literature.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature
Author: Jay Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592576562
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592576562
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A Brief History of English Literature
Author: John Peck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350309532
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This new edition of an established text provides a succinct and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle combine close readings of key texts with recent critical thinking on the interaction of literary works and culture. Providing a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day, the authors write in their characteristically lucid and accessible style. A true masterpiece of clarity and compression, this is essential reading for undergraduate students coming across the vast areas of English literature for the first time and looking for a way of making critical sense of the texts being studied. In addition, the concise nature and narrative structure of this book makes it excellent reading for general readers. New to this Edition: - Revised chapter on twentieth century literature - Complete new chapter on twenty-first century literature - Updated Chronology and Further Reading section
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350309532
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This new edition of an established text provides a succinct and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle combine close readings of key texts with recent critical thinking on the interaction of literary works and culture. Providing a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day, the authors write in their characteristically lucid and accessible style. A true masterpiece of clarity and compression, this is essential reading for undergraduate students coming across the vast areas of English literature for the first time and looking for a way of making critical sense of the texts being studied. In addition, the concise nature and narrative structure of this book makes it excellent reading for general readers. New to this Edition: - Revised chapter on twentieth century literature - Complete new chapter on twenty-first century literature - Updated Chronology and Further Reading section
Reference Guide to English Literature
Author: D. L. Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of writers from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and English-speaking Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Written by subject experts.
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of writers from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and English-speaking Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Written by subject experts.
A Book of Middle English
Author: J. A. Burrow
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118697359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook. Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on pronunciation, spelling, grammar, metre, vocabulary and regional dialects. Now includes extracts from 'Pearl' and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'. Bibliographic references have been updated throughout. Each text is accompanied by detailed notes.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118697359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook. Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on pronunciation, spelling, grammar, metre, vocabulary and regional dialects. Now includes extracts from 'Pearl' and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'. Bibliographic references have been updated throughout. Each text is accompanied by detailed notes.
History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809532298
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Andrew Lang's survey of English literature is a remarkably thorough look at the history of English writing, covering authors from Abbot Adamnan to Edward Young, and everyone of note in between.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809532298
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Andrew Lang's survey of English literature is a remarkably thorough look at the history of English writing, covering authors from Abbot Adamnan to Edward Young, and everyone of note in between.
The Lives of the Novel
Author: Thomas G. Pavel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165785
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, A 2013.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691165785
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, A 2013.
Century Readings for a Course in English Literature
Author: John William Cunliffe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
English Literature
Author: William J. Long
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World" by William J. Long resents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era. It's a useful and interesting guide for students as well as teachers of English literature, specially European and American, despite over a hundred years passing since the time of its first publication.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World" by William J. Long resents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era. It's a useful and interesting guide for students as well as teachers of English literature, specially European and American, despite over a hundred years passing since the time of its first publication.