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 --