Alexander, Michael,

A history of English literature. / Michael Alexander. - 2nd ed. - New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - xvii, 418 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Palgrave foundations .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction -- Medieval: Old English literature: to 1100 -- Middle English literature: 1066-1500 -- Tudor and Stuart: Tudor literature: 1500-1603 -- Shakespeare and the drama -- Stuart literature: to 1700 -- Augustan and romantic: Augustan literature: to 1790 -- The Romantics: 1790-1837 -- Victorian literature to 1880: The age and its sages -- Poetry -- Fiction -- Late Victorian literature: 1880-1900 -- The twentieth century: Ends and beginnings: 1901-19 -- From post-war to Post-war: 1920-55 -- New beginnings: 1955-80 -- Postscript on the current --

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English literature--History and criticism.


Great Britain--Intellectual life.

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