English Literature. A very short introduction
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- Verlag OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199569267
- ISBN10 0199569266
- Gegenstandsart BUCH
- Buchseiten 179
- Sammlung Very Short Introductions #249
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2011
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Taschenbuch
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Literaturkritik Auf EnglischEnglish Literature. A very short introduction
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Buch Details
- Written by acclaimed scholar and biographer Jonathan Bate
- An essential buy for A-Level and undergraduate students of English Literature
- Considers why literature matters, how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature
- Looks at the three main kinds of imaginative literature, namely English poetry, English drama, and the English novel
- Uses many well-known examples to demonstrate throughout
The narrative embraces not only the major literary movements such as Romanticism and Modernism, together with the most influential authors including Chaucer, Donne, Johnson, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens and Woolf, but also little-known stories such as the identity of the first English woman poet to be honoured with a collected edition of her works. Written with the flair and passion for which Jonathan Bate has become renowned, this book is the perfectVery Short Introduction for all readers and students of the incomparable literary heritage of these islands.