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	A Short History Of English Literature by Pramod K. Nayar
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A History of English Literature is a comprehensive survey, in chronological fashion, of the major periods, authors and movements from Chaucer to the present. Written for undergraduate and postgraduate students in South Asian universities, this History locates authors, genres and developments within their social, political and historical contexts. Informed by contemporary literary and cultural theory, this account also prepares the student for further explorations in particular genres and periods in English literature.

Key Features
• A timeline and backgrounds chapter in each section to locate texts and writers in their social and political contexts
• Additional information in boxes to draw attention to crucial ‘moments’ in the story of English literature
• A revisionist reading of each period from new perspectives including feminism, new historicism and post-colonialism
• An up-to-date bibliography and webliography to guide students to further specialized readings and introduce them to indispensable online resources
• A detailed index of writers and their writings for easy reference and accessibility

Contents

List of Boxed Items
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. English Literature: A Prologue

SECTION ONE: THE RENAISSANCE TO THE RESTORATION
2. Backgrounds
3. Literature of the Renaissance
4. Re-reading the Renaissance: Postcolonial Shakespeare

SECTION TWO: FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE ENGLIGHTENMENT
5. Backgrounds
6. Literature of the Restoration
7. Literature of the Enlightenment
8. Re-reading the Augustan Age: Gender and Genre

SECTION THREE: THE ROMANTIC AGE
9. Backgrounds
10. Literature of the Romantic Age
11. Re-reading the Romantics: Colonialism, Romanticism and Disease

SECTION FOUR: THE VICTORIAN AGE
12. Backgrounds
13. Literature of the Victorian Age
14. Late Victorian Literature
15. Re-reading the Victorians: Constructed Masculinities

SECTION FIVE: THE MODERN AGE
16. Backgrounds
17. Towards the Modern: Edwardian and Georgian Literature (1900-22)
18. Literature of the Modern Age
19. The Present
20. Re-reading Modernism: Technology, the Body and Literature

Postscript: ‘English Literature’ or ‘Literatures in English’
Select Bibliography
Webliography
Title/Topic Index
Author Index
ISBN - 9788175966260

Pages : 460

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