A Brief History of English Literature

Resumen del libro

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.
Contents
Preface
Old 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
Further Reading
Index