The Essentials of Literature in English, pre-1914,9780340816318

The Essentials of Literature in English, pre-1914

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ISBN13: 9780340816318
ISBN10: 0340816317
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Pub. Date: 2005-03-31
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

This collection covers the leading works and authors of literature written before World War I and gives the reader an engaging and knowledgeable insight into the books, their writers, and the connections between them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
PART 1: A--Z of Major Writers
1(82)
PART 2: A Chronology of Literature in English
83(52)
Literature in Britain
85(29)
Old English literature (450--1100)
85(4)
Middle English literature (1100--1485)
89(5)
Tudor and Stuart literature (1485--1660)
94(6)
Restoration and Augustan literature (1660--1775)
100(5)
Romantic literature (1775--1837)
105(5)
Victorian literature (1837--90)
110(4)
Literature in America
114(15)
Colonial and revolutionary literature (1500--1800)
114(5)
Literature of independence (1800--50)
119(5)
American Civil War literature (1850--90)
124(5)
Modern international literary contexts
129(6)
Modern literature (1890--1914)
129(6)
PART 3: A--Z of 100 Key Works
135(136)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The
137(1)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
138(1)
Antony and Cleopatra
139(2)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The
141(1)
Awakening, The
142(2)
Bartleby, The Scrivener
144(1)
Beowulf
145(1)
Bible, Authorised King James Version of the
146(2)
Billy Budd
148(1)
Bleak House
149(2)
Call of the Wild, The
151(1)
Canterbury Tales, The
152(3)
Castle of Otranto, The
155(1)
Common Sense
156(2)
Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, The
158(1)
Confessions of an Opium Eater
159(1)
Culture and Anarchy
160(1)
David Copperfield
161(2)
Doctor Faustus
163(1)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
164(1)
Don Juan
165(2)
Dracula
167(1)
Education of Henry Adams, The
168(1)
Ethan Frome
169(2)
Faerie Queene, The
171(1)
Far from the Madding Crowd
172(1)
Frankenstein
173(2)
Great Expectations
175(1)
Gulliver's Travels
176(2)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
178(2)
Hard Times
180(1)
Heart of Darkness
181(2)
House of the Seven Gables, The
183(1)
Importance of Being Earnest, The
184(1)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
185(2)
In Memoriam
187(1)
Ivanhoe
188(1)
Jane Eyre
189(2)
Jude the Obscure
191(1)
King Lear
192(2)
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems
194(1)
Last of the Mohicans, The
195(1)
Leaves of Grass
196(1)
Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, The
197(1)
Life of Samuel Johnson, The
198(1)
Lyrical Ballads
199(2)
Macbeth
201(1)
Mac Flecknoe
202(1)
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
203(1)
Major Barbara
204(1)
Men and Women
205(2)
Merchant of Venice, The
207(1)
Middlemarch
208(2)
Midsummer Night's Dream, A
210(1)
Mill on the Floss, The
211(1)
Miscellaneous Poems
212(1)
Moby Dick
213(2)
Moll Flanders
215(1)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
216(2)
Nature
218(1)
Northanger Abbey
219(1)
Oliver Twist
220(1)
Othello
221(2)
Paradise Lost
223(1)
Pilgrim's Progess
224(1)
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
225(1)
Poems of the Past and the Present
226(1)
Portrait of a Lady, The
227(2)
Prelude, The
229(1)
Pride and Prejudice
230(1)
Prometheus Unbound
231(1)
Purloined Letter, The
232(1)
Rape of the Lock, The
233(2)
Rasselas
235(1)
Red Badge of Courage, The
236(1)
Richard III
237(1)
Romeo and Juliet
238(2)
Rover, The
240(1)
Scarlet Letter, The
241(1)
Silas Marner
242(2)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
244(1)
Sister Carrie
245(1)
Sketch Book, The
246(1)
Songs and Sonnets
247(2)
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
249(1)
Tale of Two Cities, A
250(1)
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
251(2)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
253(1)
Tom Jones
254(1)
Turn of the Screw, The
255(2)
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
257(1)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
258(2)
Vanity Fair
260(1)
Vicar of Wakefield, The
261(1)
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, A
262(1)
Volpone
263(1)
Walden
264(1)
Washington Square
265(2)
White Heron and Other Stories, A
267(1)
Wuthering Heights
268(3)
Glossary of terms 271(10)
A--Z of featured writers 281(2)
Index 283

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