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The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature Pat Rogers

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature By Pat Rogers

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature by Pat Rogers


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Britain possesses a literary heritage almost unrivalled in the Western world. In this illustrated text, the diversity and continuity of that tradition are explored by a group of literary scholars. The history of English literature is traced from the earliest Anglo-Saxon poetry to the 21st century.

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature Summary

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature by Pat Rogers

Britain possesses a literary heritage which is almost unrivalled in the Western world. In this lavishly illustrated volume, the richness, diversity, and continuity of that tradition are explored by a group of Britain's foremost literary scholars. Chapter by chapter the authors trace the history of English literature, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day. At its heart towers Shakespeare, who is accorded a special chapter to himself. Other major figures such as Chaucer, Milton, Donne, Wordsworth, Dickens, Eliot, and Auden are treated in depth, and the story is brought right up to date with discussion of living authors such as Seamus Heaney and Harold Pinter. The illustrations have been chosen by the contributors to exemplify and bring to life the content and concerns of the text. They range in subject from manuscripts and book illustrations to works of art and architecture, portraits, social scenes, landscapes, and caricatures, and illuminate not merely the material of literature but also the social, political, and personal aspects of our literary history. The contributors have succeeded in weaving together the complex strands of English literature into a highly readable narrative, accessible to the general reader and student alike.

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature Reviews

It's delightful to find contributors who love and enjoy literature - it shows that English literature matters. Spectator

About Pat Rogers

Pat Rogers is the DeBartolo Professor of Humanities at the University of South Florida. He is author of numerous books, including Grub Street (1972), and editor of the Poems of Jonathan Swift (1983)

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Old and Middle English ; 2. Tudor Literature ; 3. William Shakespeare ; 4. The Seventeenth Century ; 5. Restoration and Eighteenth Century ; 6. The Romantic Period ; 7. High Victorian Literature ; 8. Late to Modernist ; 9. Mid-Twentieth-Century Literature

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GOR004072791
9780192854377
0192854372
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature by Pat Rogers
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
20010601
544
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