English Literature. A very short introduction
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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 ...
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- ISBN13 9780199569267
- ISBN10 0199569266
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 179
- Colección Very Short Introductions #249
- Año de Edición 2011
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Paperback
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Crítica Literaria InglesaEnglish Literature. A very short introduction
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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 ...
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- 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.