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The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature written by Michael Cox and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TheConcise Oxford Chronology of English Literaturepresents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of 15,000 significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors from 1474 to the present day. The greats sit alongside long forgotten gems, the trivial, the inspirational, and the unusual, all equally worthy of remembrance. An ideal resource for students and academics of English literature. The main chronology is supplemented by three indexes. An author index allows readers to view the literary output of any given author in chronological order, an index of periodicals gives a short overview of periodicals published during the period covered, and there is also an index of anonymous titles. This edition has been updated to include works of literature from 2002 and 2003.

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

Author : Dinah Birch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191036749
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature written by Dinah Birch and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information about important genres in literature. For this fourth edition, the dictionary has been fully revised and updated to include expanded coverage of postcolonial, African, black British, and children's literature, as well as improved representation in the areas of science fiction, biography, travel literature, women's writing, gay and lesbian writing, and American literature. The appendices listing literary prize winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker, and Pulitzer prizes, have all been updated and there is also a timeline, chronicling the development of English literature from c. 1000 to the present day. Many entries feature recommended web links, which are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. Written originally by a team of more than 140 distinguished authors and extensively updated for this new edition, this book provides an essential point of reference for English students, teachers, and all other readers of literature in English.

The Oxford Chronology of English Literature

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Oxford [England] ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198606390
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Chronology of English Literature written by Michael Cox and published by Oxford [England] ; Toronto : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of a two volume set which offers a printed record of English literature from 1474 to 2000, providing bibliographical and contextual information on many individual titles from notable authors of each year.

The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature

Author : George Sampson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521095815
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature written by George Sampson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1970-02-02 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on The Cambridge history of English literature.

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

Author : Margaret Drabble
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198605591
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature written by Margaret Drabble and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book 'one turns to with constant pleasure' (TLS). The classic guide to English literature, fully updated and revised for this paperback new edition. Based on the best-selling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Written by a team of more than 140 distinguished contributors working under Margaret Drabble's editorial direction, this handy reference work provides the reader with unrivalled coverageof writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Extensively updated and expanded for this new edition, this book provides essential reading for readers. New entries on modern authors such as Jim Crace and Ben Elton have been added, alongside new entries on topics such as travel writing and Anglo-Indian literature. Over 5,500 entries provide a wide coverage, including entries on the literature of other countries. The fully-updated appendiceslist literary prize-winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker prize, and Pulitzer prizes.

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Author : Chris Baldick
Publisher : Oxford Quick Reference
ISBN 13 : 0198715447
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms written by Chris Baldick and published by Oxford Quick Reference. This book was released on 2015 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a fully updated A-Z guide to over 1,200 definitions of terms from the fields of literary theory and criticism, rhetoric, versification and drama. Recommendations for further reading are included.

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature

Author : Pat Rogers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192854377
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature written by Pat Rogers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.

The Oxford Chronology of English Literature

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (872 download)

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature

Author : Dorothy Eagle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature written by Dorothy Eagle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abrdigment based on the 4th ed. of Sir Paul Harvey's Oxford companion to English literature.

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Author : Chris Baldick
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191044075
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms written by Chris Baldick and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth edition, it includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction. It includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. Completely revised and updated, this edition also features brand-new entries on terms such as distant reading, graphic novels, middle generation, and misery memoir. Many new bibliographies have been added to entries and recommended web links are available via a companion website.

The Short Oxford History of English Literature

Author : Andrew Sanders
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Short Oxford History of English Literature written by Andrew Sanders and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Short Oxford History of English Literature 2e provides a comprehensive beginners guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day in one volume. This book is an established introduction to English literature, with separate chapters tracing the development from Beowulf to the post-modern fictions of Seamus Heaney and Angela Carter including a new section on late 20th century prose and British and Irish poetry of the 60s. The Historyprovides detailed discussion of Old and Middle English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing. Discussions of key writers and works from Anselm and Chaucer to Spenser andBunyan, and from Swift and Johnson to Dickens and DH Lawrence, are combined with analysis of the impact on literature of contemporary political, social, and intellectual developments. The book includes Scottish, Irish, and Welsh writers, and it asks about the future of the canon in the light of thefragmented condition of British writing in the post-imperial period. Lively, accessible, and up-to-date, The Short Oxford History of English Literature will be an invaluable source for general readers and a key textbook for sixth-form students, first year undergraduates, and foreign students of English literature.

A Concise Chronology of English Literature

Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780389205975
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book A Concise Chronology of English Literature written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1985 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a year-by-year listing of significant literary and historical events from the time of Chaucer down to 1975. The division into hundred-year units, or chapters, is for ease of reference.

The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature

Author : James D. Hart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195047710
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature written by James D. Hart and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise version contains brief biographies of important authors, plot summaries of individual works, descriptions of important literary movements, and a wealth of information on other aspects of American literary life and history from the Colonial period to the modern era.

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

Author : Margaret Drabble
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Author : Chris Baldick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781280374845
Total Pages : 290 pages
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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms written by Chris Baldick and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Essential Guide to English Studies

Author : Peter Childs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441107096
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book The Essential Guide to English Studies written by Peter Childs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on what it means to study English in higher education, this book guides students through key aspects of English Studies including major topics and approaches, subject-specific study skills and assessment, including seminar presentations, assignments, and exams. Peter Childs offers down-to-earth practical guidance on developing the skills needed to succeed and includes coverage of literature, language and creative writing. This is an essential introduction to English Studies for students beginning their studies at university or college and anyone considering taking a degree in English.

Writing about Literature

Author : Judith Woolf
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415314442
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Writing about Literature written by Judith Woolf and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing about Literature combines detailed practical and scholarly advice with a sense of the scope and creative possibilities of literary criticism, empowering the student reader to make his or her own discoveries and experiments with language. In addition, it gives valuable guidance on adult language learning and translation skills for students of foreign literature. This handy, accessible guide covers all aspects of the essay-writing process, including: preliminary reading and choosing and researching a topic referencing and presentation computer use style, structure, vocabulary, grammar and spelling the art and craft of writing scholarly and personal insights into the problems and pleasures of writing about literature. Written in an entertaining and informative way and containing a wealth of practical advice and scholarly insights, this wise, witty and helpful book should be on every literature student's bookshelf.