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by John Peck (Author), Martin Coyle (Author)
This new edition of an established text provides a succinct and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle combine close readings of key texts with recent critical thinking on the interaction of literary works and culture. Providing a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day, the authors write in their characteristically lucid and accessible style.
A true masterpiece of clarity and compression, this is essential reading for undergraduate students coming across the vast areas of English literature for the first time and looking for a way of making critical sense of the texts being studied. In addition, the concise nature and narrative structure of this book makes it excellent reading for general readers. New to this Edition:- Revised chapter on twentieth century literature
- Complete new chapter on twenty-first century literature
- Updated Chronology and Further Reading section
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This new edition of an established text provides a lively, concise and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle combine close readings of key texts with recent critical thinking on the interaction of literary works and culture.
A Brief History of English Literature - offers an engaging chronological narrative of all the main literary periods, from Anglo-Saxon times through to the present day- now features a new final chapter on twenty-first century literature and an updated Chronology and Further Reading section
- places novels, poems, plays and other forms of writing in their social, political and cultural contexts
- covers canonical and non-canonical texts. A true masterpiece of clarity and compression, this is essential reading for students of English Literature and general readers alike.
Author Biography
John Peck is now retired and was formerly Reader in Victorian Literature at Cardiff University, UK.
Martin Coyle is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK.John Peck is now retired and was formerly Reader in Victorian Literature at Cardiff University, UK. Martin Coyle is Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University, UK.
