This manual covers the history of British and Irish literature, spanning over a thousand years from AD 600 to the present day. It explores the main developments in literary writing, charting principal features of language development and highlighting key language topics. The text emphasizes the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions, and changing characteristics, while also including literature from geographical and cultural margins.
The purpose of this manual is to provide a comprehensive resource for understanding the evolution of English literature and its linguistic underpinnings. It serves as a guide to the interrelationships between language and literature, offering detailed insights into their historical progression. This edition is designed for accessibility and readability, making it a valuable tool for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of literary history.
<P>This completely updated and expanded second edition of the wide-ranging and accessible <i>Routledge History of Literature in English</i> covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature with accompanying language notes exploring the interrelationships between language and literature. Highly praised for its readability and narrative style it charts the principal features of literary language development and highlights key language topics. With a span of over a thousand years, from AD 600 to the present day, it emphasizes the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural.</P>
Author: Carter, Ronald
Publisher: Routledge
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Routledge History of Literature in English
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2001-04-26
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780415243186
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : General
Category: Computers : Programming Languages - General
<P>This completely updated and expanded second edition of the wide-ranging and accessible <i>Routledge History of Literature in English</i> covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature with accompanying language notes exploring the interrelationships between language and literature. Highly praised for its readability and narrative style it charts the principal features of literary language development and highlights key language topics. With a span of over a thousand years, from AD 600 to the present day, it emphasizes the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural.</P>
Author: Carter, Ronald
Publisher: Routledge
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Routledge History of Literature in English
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2001-04-26
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780415243186
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : General
Category: Computers : Programming Languages - General