Format:
1 Online-Ressource (318 pages)
ISBN:
9781350491748
Content:
This comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context of English literature covers the core periods of literature, and history, from the English Renaissance to the present. Peter Widdowson introduces and outlines key terms, concepts and developments and provides a series of timelines showing political, social, cultural and literary events for each year. Together, this indispensable reference work offers a concise history of Britain for literature students at all levels and provides readers with the context for any literary work from 1500 to 2000. The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts, 1500-2000 - Overs a wide range of canonical British authors and works but also provides contextualising examples of works from other countries - Each chapter focuses on a key period in English Literature and History, gives a brief overview of that period, and defines the main terms and ideas of the age - Contains easy-to-follow timelines which may be viewed either horizontally or vertically, allowing readers to track a chronological history, or single out the developments and events of a specific year
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Brief Contents Detailed Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Premises and Procedures How to Use the Book Abbreviations Used Throughout 1500-1649: The English Reformation and Renaissance 1650-1699: Commonwealth and Restoration 1700-1789: The Augustan Period 1790-1829: The Romantic Period 1830-1899: The Victorian Period 1900-1939: World War I and the Modernist Period 1940-1959: World War II and the Post-War Period 1960-1979: The Nineteen-Sixties and Seventies 1980-2000: The Contemporary Period Works Used for Reference Alphabetical Index of British Authors.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230000995
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780333792179
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780333792186
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0333792173
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0333792173
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780333792179
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-230-00099-5
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