Books : Masters of British Literature, Volume A (Damrosch Series)
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by: David Damrosch, Christopher Baswell, Clare Carroll, Kevin J. H. Dettmar, Heather Henderson, Constance Jordan, Peter J. Manning, Anne Howland Schotter, William Chapman Sharpe, Stuart Sherman, Jennifer Wicke, Susan J. Wolfson
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 820.8
EAN: 9780321333995
ISBN: 0321333993
Label: Longman
Manufacturer: Longman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1459
Publication Date: March 08, 2007
Publisher: Longman
Sales Rank: 210974
Studio: Longman
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Written by an editorial team whose members are all actively engaged in teaching and in current scholarship, Masters of British Literature is a concise, yet comprehensive survey of the key writers whose classic works have shaped British literature. Featuring major works by the most influential authors in the British literary tradition--Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Sidney, Donne, Milton, Behn, Swift, Pope, Johnson--this compact anthology offers comprehensive coverage of the enduring works of the British literary tradition from the Middle Ages through the Restoration and the eighteenth century. Core texts are complemented by contextual materials that help students understand the literary, historical, and cultural environments out which these texts arose, and within which they find their richest meaning.
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Rating: - enduring classics
The editors have the challenging task of gathering together a synopsis of British literature from the middle ages to the 18th century. Of course we see Chaucer and Shakespeare. But more diversity is provided. If anything, Shakespeare is deprecated compared to some other texts that you might find on this field. Some people might reasonably decry this. However there is really no shortage of works on Shakespeare, and this book offers a more balanced treatment of other authors.
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