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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
June 28, 2001
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780192854377
ISBN-10
0192854372
Dimensions
1.25 by 7 by 9.75 in.
Weight
2.90 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$41.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Traces the development of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day, covering such prominent authors as Shakespeare, Milton, Eliot, Spark, and Heaney.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Britain possesses a literary heritage virtually unrivaled in the Western world. This lavishly illustrated volume explores the richness, diversity, and continuity of that tradition. Under the general editorship of Pat Rogers, some of Britain's foremost literary scholars trace the history of English literature from its first stirrings in Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.
The contributors aim to convey to the reader the pleasure and exhilaration of literature, rather than to provide a bare outline of schools and periods of writing. At the heart of the volume towers the figure of Shakespeare, who has a special chapter devoted entirely to himself. The volume also offer detailed treatments of other major writers such as Chaucer, Milton, Donne, Wordsworth, Dickens, Eliot, and Auden, and up-to-date discussions of living authors such as Muriel Spark and Seamus Heaney. More than a mere chronology, this versatile work provides a basic core of information and invaluable supplementary material, including suggestions for further reading, maps, a chronological table of dates, and a detailed index with birth and death dates of individuals listed. It also moves beyond these facts and events to characterize the broad sweep of ideas and the main concerns of British writers over the past thirteen centuries.
The illustrations chosen--thirty-five in color and over two hundred in black and white--bring to life the content and concerns of the text. They range in subject from manuscripts and book illustrations to works of art and architecture, portraits, social scenes, landscapes, and caricatures, illuminating not only the literature but also the ideas, preoccupations, and outlooks that fostered it. Rather than simply decorating the text, the illustrations complement and enlarge it.
All experts in their chosen areas, the contributors bring to this volume a deep understanding and great enthusiasm and zest for their subject. Collectively, they have woven together the complex strands of English literature into a highly readable narrative.
The contributors aim to convey to the reader the pleasure and exhilaration of literature, rather than to provide a bare outline of schools and periods of writing. At the heart of the volume towers the figure of Shakespeare, who has a special chapter devoted entirely to himself. The volume also offer detailed treatments of other major writers such as Chaucer, Milton, Donne, Wordsworth, Dickens, Eliot, and Auden, and up-to-date discussions of living authors such as Muriel Spark and Seamus Heaney. More than a mere chronology, this versatile work provides a basic core of information and invaluable supplementary material, including suggestions for further reading, maps, a chronological table of dates, and a detailed index with birth and death dates of individuals listed. It also moves beyond these facts and events to characterize the broad sweep of ideas and the main concerns of British writers over the past thirteen centuries.
The illustrations chosen--thirty-five in color and over two hundred in black and white--bring to life the content and concerns of the text. They range in subject from manuscripts and book illustrations to works of art and architecture, portraits, social scenes, landscapes, and caricatures, illuminating not only the literature but also the ideas, preoccupations, and outlooks that fostered it. Rather than simply decorating the text, the illustrations complement and enlarge it.
All experts in their chosen areas, the contributors bring to this volume a deep understanding and great enthusiasm and zest for their subject. Collectively, they have woven together the complex strands of English literature into a highly readable narrative.
Editions
Hardcover
from Oxford Univ Pr (June 18, 1987)
9780198128168 | details & prices | 7.75 × 10.00 × 1.50 in. | 3.45 lbs | List price $49.95
About: Explores Britain's great literary heritage, presenting the broad sweep of ideas and the main concerns of writers from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day
About: Explores Britain's great literary heritage, presenting the broad sweep of ideas and the main concerns of writers from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Oxford Univ Pr (June 28, 2001)
9780192854377 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 2.90 lbs | List price $41.00
About: Traces the development of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day, covering such prominent authors as Shakespeare, Milton, Eliot, Spark, and Heaney.
About: Traces the development of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day, covering such prominent authors as Shakespeare, Milton, Eliot, Spark, and Heaney.
Reprint edition from Oxford Univ Pr (June 14, 1990)
9780192827289 | details & prices | 528 pages | 7.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 3.15 lbs | List price $24.95
This edition also contains Introductory Lectures on Knot Theory: Selected Lectures Presented at the Advanced School and Conference on Knot Theory and Its Applications to Physics and Biology
About: Britain possesses a literary heritage virtually unrivaled in the Western world.
This edition also contains Introductory Lectures on Knot Theory: Selected Lectures Presented at the Advanced School and Conference on Knot Theory and Its Applications to Physics and Biology
About: Britain possesses a literary heritage virtually unrivaled in the Western world.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 5, 2008)
9781435295810 | details & prices | 7.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 3.06 lbs | List price $37.95
About: Britain possesses a literary heritage virtually unrivaled in the Western world.
About: Britain possesses a literary heritage virtually unrivaled in the Western world.
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