Short History of Modern English Literature

Informationen zum Autor Edmund Gosse (1849-1928) was an English poet! author and critic. He received an Hon MA from Cambridge University! lectured at Trinity College in Cambridge and worked as a librarian at the British Museum. He was a much sought after lecturer and speaker in his time and an honored literary critic. Klappentext Written by well-established critic Edmund Gosse! this 1898 work traces the history of English literature from Chaucer to Tennyson. Zusammenfassung First published in 1897 (though the version reissued here was published in 1898 in the series Short Histories of the Literatures of the World)! this book documents English literature from Chaucer to Tennyson. Rather than focusing on the biographical and historical aspects! Gosse concentrates instead on literary technique and form. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The age of Chaucer (1350-1400); 2. The close of the middle ages (1400-1560); 3. The age of Elizabeth (1560-1620); 4. The decline (1620-60); 5. The age of Dryden (1660-1700); 6. The age of Anne (1700-40); 7. The age of Johnson (1740-80); 8. The age of Wordsworth (1780-1815); 9. The age of Byron (1815-40); 10. The early Victorian age (1840-70); 11. The age of Tennyson; Epilogue; Biographical list; Bibliographical note; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edmund Gosse
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108033923
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03392-3
• Pagine: 430
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general