The Routledge concise history of nineteenth century literature
Material type: TextPublication details: London Routledge 2010Description: 275pISBN: 9780415487115Subject(s): English literature- History | Literary movements | American literature-History-CriticismDDC classification: 820.9008 Summary: Nineteenth-century Britain saw the rise of secularism, the development of a modern capitalist economy, multi-party democracy, and an explosive growth in technological, scientific and medical knowledge. It also witnessed the emergence of a mass literary culture which changed permanently the relationships between writers, readers and publishers. Focusing on the work of British and Irish authors, The Routledge Concise History of Nineteenth-Century Literature: -considers changes in literary forms, styles and genres, as well as in critical discourses -examines literary movements such as Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism, Aestheticism and Decadence -considers the work of a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writers -discusses the impact of gender studies, queer theory, postcolonialism and book history -contains useful, student-friendly features such as explanatory text boxes, chapter summaries, a detailed glossary and suggestions for further reading. In their lucid and accessible manner, Josephine M. Guy and Ian Small provide readers with an understanding of the complexity and variety of nineteenth-century literary culture, as well as the historical conditions which produced it.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 820.9008 GUY/R (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 32187 |
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820.9003 FOX/E The English renaissance: identity and representation in Elizabethan England | 820.9005 CAM The Cambridge history of English literature, 1660-1780 | 820.9007 ROW/R Romanticism and childhood: the infantilization of British literary culture | 820.9008 GUY/R The Routledge concise history of nineteenth century literature | 820.90091 RAB Rabindranath Tagore : a mind staring into infinity | 820.903 OST/I Introduction to late modern English | 820.91 PRE Presentations of postcolonialism in English: new orientations |
Nineteenth-century Britain saw the rise of secularism, the development of a modern capitalist economy, multi-party democracy, and an explosive growth in technological, scientific and medical knowledge. It also witnessed the emergence of a mass literary culture which changed permanently the relationships between writers, readers and publishers.
Focusing on the work of British and Irish authors, The Routledge Concise History of Nineteenth-Century Literature:
-considers changes in literary forms, styles and genres, as well as in critical discourses
-examines literary movements such as Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism, Aestheticism and Decadence
-considers the work of a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writers
-discusses the impact of gender studies, queer theory, postcolonialism and book history
-contains useful, student-friendly features such as explanatory text boxes, chapter summaries, a detailed glossary and suggestions for further reading.
In their lucid and accessible manner, Josephine M. Guy and Ian Small provide readers with an understanding of the complexity and variety of nineteenth-century literary culture, as well as the historical conditions which produced it.
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