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English literature in context : [from medieval to modern literature - an essential student resource]

Comprehensive and accessible, this textbook supports the study of English literature from the Middle Ages to the present, and is designed as a main resource for all English Literature students. Seven chronological chapters analyse the cultural and historical contexts that have shaped English literature, enhanced with plentiful illustrations and text-boxes.
Print Book, English, 2008
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2008
Criticism, interpretation, etc
XX, 685 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten ; 25 cm
9780521549288, 9780521839921, 0521549280, 0521839920
315551596
List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Preface Paul Poplawski; 1. Medieval English, 500–1500 Valerie Allen; 2. The Renaissance, 1485–1660 Andrew Hiscock; 3. The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660–1780 Lee Morrissey; 4. The Romantic period, 1780–1832 Peter J. Kitson; 5. The Victorian age, 1837–1901 Maria Frawley; 6. The twentieth century, 1901–39 Paul Poplawski; 7. The twentieth century, 1939–2004 John Brannigan; Index.
Medieval English, 500 - 1500
The Renaissance, 1485 - 1660