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The handbook of English literature

The handbook of English literature

Angus, Joseph

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral World HistoryTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 9353801559
ISBN13: 9789353801557
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 676
Weight: 1.86
Height: 1.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Where did English literature begin, and how did it become the tradition we inherit today? Start here. A map for curious readers. Joseph Angus offers a clear, brisk english literature handbook that moves with purpose from the earliest voices to the writers who shaped modern taste. More than a name-checking catalogue, it is a literary history survey that connects periods, styles, and ideas, setting major english authors within the cultural pressures that formed them. Expect a confident literary movements overview, attentive to both british poets and prose, and to the continuities that bind epic, sermon, drama, essay, and novel into a single story. As a complete english literature reference, this volume is prized for its sense of proportion: what to notice, why it mattered then, and how it still reads now. It follows the british literary tradition across key turning points, from anglo-saxon to victorian, and keeps the classic english canon in view without losing sight of lesser-known influences. Dip in to refine an english classics reading list, check a period before a lecture, or trace a thread of language and form across centuries; it works equally well as a students literature study guide and a teachers curriculum reference. Angus wrote from within the era that helped define the study of English as a discipline, making the book itself a window onto how literary heritage was first organised for modern readers and classrooms. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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