A short history of English literature / by Robert Barnard.
A short history of English literature / by Robert Barnard.
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Publisher
Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1994.
Date
1994.
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T0364647
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 238 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Age of Chaucer -- 2. Sixteenth-century Poetry and Prose -- 3. The Beginnings of Drama -- 4. Shakespeare -- 5. Stuart Drama -- 6. Poetry - Donne to Milton -- 7. The Restoration -- 8. The Eighteenth Century -- 9. The Rise of the Novel -- 10. The Birth of Romanticism -- 11. Romantics and Anti-Ro...
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Publisher
Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1994.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1994.
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Summary
Thoroughly updated to include writers such as Carly Churchill, Brian Friel, Martin Amis and Graham Swift, this book remains the best overall survey of English literature for students beginning a university course. Robert Barnard looks selectively at the most important writers within each period from the time of Chaucer, and focuses on one or two of...
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A short history of English literature / by Robert Barnard.
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Includes index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 820.9/521.
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T0364647
Record Identifier
74VK70ODV6DO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK70ODV6DO
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ISBN
0631190880 (acid-free paper)
9780631190882 (acid-free paper)
DDC
820.9
MMS ID
991022947389702626
