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Longman Literature In English Series

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The Victorian Period The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830 - 1890

The Victorian Period: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830 - 1890

1st Edition

By Robin Gilmour
January 04, 1994

This is a thought-provoking synthesis of the Victorian period, focusing on the themes of science, religion, politics and art. It examines the developments which radically changed the intellectual climate and illustrates how their manifestations permeated Victorian literature.The author begins by ...

The Eighteenth Century The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature 1700-1789

The Eighteenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature 1700-1789

2nd Edition

By James Sambrook
November 22, 1993

This is an impressive and lucid survey of eighteenth-century intellectual life, providing a real sense of the complexity of the age and of the cultural and intellectual climate in which imaginative literature flourished. It reflects on some of the dominant themes of the period, arguing against such...

English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

2nd Edition

By Gary F. Waller
November 08, 1993

Explores the poetry of the Renaissance, from Dunbar in the late 15th century to the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne in the early 17th. The book offers more than the wealth of literature discussed: it is a pioneering work in its own right, bringing the insights of contemporary literary and cultural ...

English Poetry Since 1940

English Poetry Since 1940

1st Edition

By Neil Corcoran
July 05, 1993

Neil Corcoran's book is a major survey and interpretation of modern British poetry since 1940, offering a wealth of insights into poets and their work and placing them in a broader context of poetic dialogue and cultural exchange. The book is organised into five main parts, beginning with a ...

English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700

English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700

1st Edition

By Roger Pooley
December 14, 1992

This is the first book-length history of the range of seventeenth-century English prose writing. Roger Pooley's study begins with narrative, ranging from the fiction of Bunyan and Aphra Behn to the biographical and autobiographical work of Aubrey and Pepys. Further sections consider religious prose...

American Drama of the Twentieth Century

American Drama of the Twentieth Century

1st Edition

By Gerald M. Berkowitz
October 05, 1992

In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s. The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix ...

American Fiction Since 1940

American Fiction Since 1940

1st Edition

By Tony Hilfer
October 05, 1992

In this remarkable book, Tony Hilfer provides a major survey of the wealth of post-war American fiction. He analyses the major modes and genres of writing, from realist to postmodernist metafiction and black humour, the fiction of social protest, women's writing, and the traditions of ...

English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century

English Poetry of the Seventeenth Century

2nd Edition

By George Parfitt
July 06, 1992

Provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of the vitality and variety of achievement in seventeenth-century English poetry. Revised and up-dated throughout, Dr Parfitt has added new material on poets as varied as Marvell and Traherne. There is also a completely new chapter on women poets of...

English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789-1830

English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789-1830

2nd Edition

By J.R. Watson
June 01, 1992

On its first appearance English Poetry of the Romantic Period was widely praised as on of the best introductions to the subject. This edition includes updated material in the light of recent work in Romanticism and Romantic poetry. The book discusses the concerns that linked the Romantic poets, ...

Twentieth-Century America The Intellectual and Cultural Context

Twentieth-Century America: The Intellectual and Cultural Context

1st Edition

By Douglas Tallack
January 21, 1991

The multi-volume Longman literature in English series aims to provide students of literature with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. This book looks at cinema, painting and architecture in 20th-century America, as well as the culture of politics....

The Seventeenth Century The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1603-1700

The Seventeenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1603-1700

1st Edition

By Graham Parry
March 28, 1989

The seventeenth century was a period of immense turmoil. This book explores the methods by which a distinctive iconography was created for each Stuart king, describes the cultural life of the Civil War period and the Cromwellian Protectorate, and analyses the impact of the antiquarian movement ...

English Fiction of the Romantic Period 1789-1830

English Fiction of the Romantic Period 1789-1830

1st Edition

By Gary Kelly
March 20, 1989

English Fiction of the Romantic Period 1789-1830 is the first comprehensive historical survey of fiction from that period for many decades. It combines a clear awareness of the period's social history with recent developments in literary criticism, theory and history, and explains the astounding ...

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