The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland

ISBN-13: 9781032097572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 622 str.

John McRae

Opis

The Routledge History of Literature in English covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature from AD 600 to the present day.  Accompanying language notes explore the interrelationships between language and literature, emphasising the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and chan

Spis treści

THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH: OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH 600-1485

THE RENAISSANCE: 1485-1660

RESTORATION TO ROMANTICISM: 1660-1789

THE ROMANTIC PERIOD: 1789 - 1832

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: 1832-1900 

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1900-45

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1945 TO 2000

THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

O autorze

Ronald Carter is Research Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK and is well-known for his work at the interface of language and literary studies. He has written, co-written and edited over forty books, most recently a second edition of Language and Creativity (Routledge Classics) (2015).

John McRae was formerly Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies and is now Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has been a Visiting Professor and Lecturer in more than seventy countries. His publications include Literature with a Small ‘L’ (1991/1997), The Language of Poetry (Routledge, 1998) and the only critical edition of Teleny by Oscar Wilde and others (1986-2000).