A History Of English Literature - Couverture souple

Moody, William Vaughn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408681501 ISBN 13 : 9781408681503

Editeur : Read Books, 2008

Synopsis

First published in 1902, this volume contains a detailed history of English literature beginning in the Anglo-Saxon Period and ending with contemporary literature. "A History of English Literature" is highly recommended for all students of literature, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: "The Anglo-Saxon Period", "The Norman-French Period", "The Age of Chaucer", "The Renaissance: Non-Dramatic Literature to the Death of Spenser", "The Renaissance: Shakespeare", 'The Seventeenth Century: Shakespeare's Contemporaries and Successors in the Drama", "The Seventeenth Century: Non-dramatic Literature before the Restoration", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Several dangers lie before the writer of an elementary history of literature. He may conceive his task too ambitiously, and in his zeal for thoroughness may lose that clearness and simplicity of plan which is indispensable in the first presentation of a large subject. He may, on the other hand, be tempted to simplify his matter artificially, and in so doing may fail to give the student any safe substructure upon which to build in later study. A gain, in striving to be scientific, he may be only dry; or in a wholesome desire to be entertaining, he may be only gossipy or nebulous. The present volume, whether or not it avoids these dangers, has been prepared with full consciousness of them. An attempt has here been made to present the history of English literature from the earliest times to our own day, in a historical scheme simple enough to be apprehended by young students, yet accurate and substantial enough to serve as a permanent basis for study, however far the subject is pursued. But within the limits of this formal scheme, the fact has been held constantly in mind that literature, being the vital and fluid thing it is, must be taught, if at all, more by suggestion, and by stimulation of the students own instinctive mental life, than by dogmatic assertion.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408681501
• ISBN 13: 9781408681503
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 532
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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