The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and IrelandThis bestselling guide to the developments in the history of British and Irish literature uniquely charts the main features of literary language development, highlights key language topics and spans over 1,000 years of literary history.This new guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish Literature uniquely charts some of the main features of literary language development and highlights key language topics. Clearly structured and highly readable, unlike traditional histories of literature it spans over a thousand years of literary history from AD 600 to the present day. It emphasizes the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural.Key features of the book are:* an up-to-date guide to the major periods of literature in English in Britain and Ireland* extensive coverage of post-1945 literature* language notes spanning AD 600 to the present* extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama* a timeline of the important historical and political eventsThis will be essential reading for all students of English literature and language. |
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... drama Malory and Skelton 44 46 49 51 Language note: Prose and sentence structure THE RENAISSANCE: 1485–1660 Contexts and conditions Language note: Expanding world: expanding lexicon Renaissance poetry 57 62 64 Drama before Shakespeare ...
... drama Malory and Skelton 44 46 49 51 Language note: Prose and sentence structure THE RENAISSANCE: 1485–1660 Contexts and conditions Language note: Expanding world: expanding lexicon Renaissance poetry 57 62 64 Drama before Shakespeare ...
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... drama – to the closure of the theatres, 1642 112 Ben Jonson 112 Masques 114 Other dramatists of the early seventeenth century 116 City comedy 123 The end of the Renaissance theatre 125 RESTORATION TO ROMANTICISM: 1660–1789 Contexts and ...
... drama – to the closure of the theatres, 1642 112 Ben Jonson 112 Masques 114 Other dramatists of the early seventeenth century 116 City comedy 123 The end of the Renaissance theatre 125 RESTORATION TO ROMANTICISM: 1660–1789 Contexts and ...
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... drama to 1945 382 Irish drama 384 D.H. Lawrence 387 Popular and poetic drama 388 Language note: Literature about language 390 The novel to 1945 392 Subjectivity: the popular tradition 393 The Kailyard School 394 Provincial novels 395 ...
... drama to 1945 382 Irish drama 384 D.H. Lawrence 387 Popular and poetic drama 388 Language note: Literature about language 390 The novel to 1945 392 Subjectivity: the popular tradition 393 The Kailyard School 394 Provincial novels 395 ...
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... Drama since 1945 451 Language note: Drama and everyday language 451 Poetry of the Second World War 469 Poetry since 1945 471 Martians and gorgons 483 Towards the twenty-first century 488 The novel since 1945 489 Language note: Discourse ...
... Drama since 1945 451 Language note: Drama and everyday language 451 Poetry of the Second World War 469 Poetry since 1945 471 Martians and gorgons 483 Towards the twenty-first century 488 The novel since 1945 489 Language note: Discourse ...
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The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland Ronald Carter,John McRae Limited preview - 1997 |
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