The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and IrelandPsychology Press, 2001 - 570 pages Wide-ranging and accessible, this textbook covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature from AD 600 to the present day. It includes extensive accompanying language notes which explore the interrelationships between language and literature. The narrative is underpinned by quotations from poetry, prose and drama. |
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... theatres , 1642 Ben Jonson Masques - Other early seventeenth - century dramatists Domestic tragedy City comedy The end of the Renaissance theatre RESTORATION TO ROMANTICISM : 1660-1789 Contexts and conditions 57 60 61 67 69 70 76 77 79 ...
... theatres , 1642 Ben Jonson Masques - Other early seventeenth - century dramatists Domestic tragedy City comedy The end of the Renaissance theatre RESTORATION TO ROMANTICISM : 1660-1789 Contexts and conditions 57 60 61 67 69 70 76 77 79 ...
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... in Hardy 289 Victorian poetry 293 The Pre - Raphaelite Brotherhood and after 306 Language note : The developing uses of dialects in literature 310 Victorian drama Language note : Reading the language of theatre Contents | IX.
... in Hardy 289 Victorian poetry 293 The Pre - Raphaelite Brotherhood and after 306 Language note : The developing uses of dialects in literature 310 Victorian drama Language note : Reading the language of theatre Contents | IX.
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... theatre and drama THE TWENTIETH CENTURY : 1900-45 Contexts and conditions 312 315 319 Modern poetry to 1945 322 Language note : Reading Hardy 323 Later Hardy 325 Language note : The fragmenting lexicon 327 Georgian and Imagist poetry ...
... theatre and drama THE TWENTIETH CENTURY : 1900-45 Contexts and conditions 312 315 319 Modern poetry to 1945 322 Language note : Reading Hardy 323 Later Hardy 325 Language note : The fragmenting lexicon 327 Georgian and Imagist poetry ...
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Contents
IV | 3 |
V | 6 |
VI | 10 |
VII | 11 |
VIII | 14 |
IX | 18 |
X | 21 |
XI | 22 |
XCV | 286 |
XCVI | 289 |
XCVII | 293 |
XCVIII | 306 |
XCIX | 310 |
C | 312 |
CI | 315 |
CII | 319 |
XII | 25 |
XIII | 27 |
XIV | 28 |
XV | 29 |
XVI | 35 |
XVII | 39 |
XVIII | 41 |
XIX | 44 |
XX | 47 |
XXI | 49 |
XXII | 51 |
XXIII | 56 |
XXIV | 57 |
XXV | 60 |
XXVI | 61 |
XXVII | 67 |
XXVIII | 69 |
XXX | 70 |
XXXI | 76 |
XXXII | 77 |
XXXIII | 79 |
XXXIV | 80 |
XXXV | 90 |
XXXVI | 92 |
XXXVII | 94 |
XXXVIII | 100 |
XXXIX | 101 |
XLI | 103 |
XLII | 104 |
XLIII | 110 |
XLIV | 111 |
XLV | 113 |
XLVI | 115 |
XLVII | 117 |
XLVIII | 120 |
XLIX | 121 |
L | 127 |
LI | 137 |
LII | 138 |
LIII | 142 |
LIV | 145 |
LV | 147 |
LVI | 150 |
LVII | 164 |
LVIII | 165 |
LIX | 166 |
LX | 168 |
LXI | 176 |
LXII | 177 |
LXIII | 183 |
LXIV | 184 |
LXV | 188 |
LXVI | 192 |
LXVII | 195 |
LXVIII | 197 |
LXIX | 202 |
LXX | 203 |
LXXI | 207 |
LXXII | 212 |
LXXIII | 213 |
LXXIV | 217 |
LXXV | 221 |
LXXVI | 225 |
LXXVII | 228 |
LXXVIII | 229 |
LXXIX | 233 |
LXXX | 235 |
LXXXI | 238 |
LXXXII | 239 |
LXXXIII | 243 |
LXXXIV | 245 |
LXXXV | 247 |
LXXXVI | 249 |
LXXXVII | 251 |
LXXXVIII | 256 |
LXXXIX | 258 |
XC | 267 |
XCI | 271 |
XCII | 273 |
XCIII | 279 |
XCIV | 283 |
CIII | 322 |
CIV | 323 |
CV | 325 |
CVI | 327 |
CVII | 329 |
CVIII | 331 |
CIX | 334 |
CX | 335 |
CXI | 337 |
CXII | 342 |
CXIII | 344 |
CXIV | 345 |
CXV | 349 |
CXVI | 350 |
CXVII | 353 |
CXVIII | 355 |
CXIX | 357 |
CXX | 358 |
CXXI | 360 |
CXXII | 361 |
CXXIII | 362 |
CXXIV | 363 |
CXXV | 364 |
CXXVI | 365 |
CXXVII | 366 |
CXXVIII | 367 |
CXXIX | 368 |
CXXX | 369 |
CXXXI | 372 |
CXXXII | 373 |
CXXXIII | 378 |
CXXXIV | 385 |
CXXXV | 394 |
CXXXVI | 395 |
CXXXVII | 397 |
CXXXVIII | 398 |
CXXXIX | 402 |
CXL | 403 |
CXLI | 405 |
CXLII | 409 |
CXLIII | 411 |
CXLIV | 414 |
CXLV | 415 |
CXLVI | 434 |
CXLVII | 436 |
CXLVIII | 450 |
CXLIX | 457 |
CL | 458 |
CLI | 459 |
CLII | 460 |
CLIII | 462 |
CLIV | 465 |
CLV | 467 |
CLVI | 469 |
CLVII | 472 |
CLVIII | 473 |
CLIX | 475 |
CLX | 476 |
CLXI | 478 |
CLXII | 479 |
CLXIII | 480 |
CLXIV | 482 |
CLXV | 486 |
CLXVI | 487 |
CLXVII | 489 |
CLXIX | 491 |
CLXX | 493 |
CLXXI | 494 |
CLXXII | 501 |
CLXXIII | 508 |
CLXXIV | 509 |
CLXXV | 515 |
CLXXVI | 517 |
CLXXVII | 521 |
CLXXVIII | 522 |
CLXXIX | 524 |
CLXXX | 525 |
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CLXXXII | 548 |
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Other editions - View all
The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland Ronald Carter,John McRae Limited preview - 2001 |
The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland Ronald Carter,John McRae No preview available - 2001 |
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