The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and IrelandThis bestselling guide to the developments in the history of British and Irish literature uniquely charts the main features of literary language development, highlights key language topics and spans over 1,000 years of literary history.This new guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish Literature uniquely charts some of the main features of literary language development and highlights key language topics. Clearly structured and highly readable, unlike traditional histories of literature it spans over a thousand years of literary history from AD 600 to the present day. It emphasizes the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural.Key features of the book are:* an up-to-date guide to the major periods of literature in English in Britain and Ireland* extensive coverage of post-1945 literature* language notes spanning AD 600 to the present* extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama* a timeline of the important historical and political eventsThis will be essential reading for all students of English literature and language. |
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Page vii
... Language note: The earliest figurative language 11 Long poems 12 French influence and English affirmation 15 Language and dialect 20 Language note: The expanding lexicon– Chaucer and Middle English From anonymity to individualism ...
... Language note: The earliest figurative language 11 Long poems 12 French influence and English affirmation 15 Language and dialect 20 Language note: The expanding lexicon– Chaucer and Middle English From anonymity to individualism ...
Page viii
... Language note: The language of the Bible 86 Shakespeare 89 The plays 90 The sonnets 100 Language note: Changing patterns of 'thou' and 'you' 103 The Metaphysical poets 104 The Cavalier poets 111 Jacobean drama – to the closure of the ...
... Language note: The language of the Bible 86 Shakespeare 89 The plays 90 The sonnets 100 Language note: Changing patterns of 'thou' and 'you' 103 The Metaphysical poets 104 The Cavalier poets 111 Jacobean drama – to the closure of the ...
Page ix
... Language note : William Cobbett , grammar and politics Blake , Wordsworth and Coleridge 223 224 Language note : The ' real ' language of men 232 Keats 234 Shelley 239 Byron 243 Clare 248 Romantic prose 249 The novel in the Romantic ...
... Language note : William Cobbett , grammar and politics Blake , Wordsworth and Coleridge 223 224 Language note : The ' real ' language of men 232 Keats 234 Shelley 239 Byron 243 Clare 248 Romantic prose 249 The novel in the Romantic ...
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... Language note: Modernist poetic syntax 371 Popular poets 373 Thirties poets 374 Scottish and Welsh poetry 379 Modern drama to 1945 382 Irish drama 384 D.H. Lawrence 387 Popular and poetic drama 388 Language note: Literature about language ...
... Language note: Modernist poetic syntax 371 Popular poets 373 Thirties poets 374 Scottish and Welsh poetry 379 Modern drama to 1945 382 Irish drama 384 D.H. Lawrence 387 Popular and poetic drama 388 Language note: Literature about language ...
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The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland Ronald Carter,John McRae Limited preview - 1997 |
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