A Short Sketch of English Literature

A Short Sketch of English Literature
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9783112350607
ISBN-13 : 311235060X
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis A Short Sketch of English Literature by : El. Mann

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The Sketch, the Tale, and the Beginnings of American Literature

The Sketch, the Tale, and the Beginnings of American Literature
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9780813943992
ISBN-13 : 081394399X
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sketch, the Tale, and the Beginnings of American Literature by : Lydia G. Fash

Accounts of the rise of American literature often start in the 1850s with a cluster of "great American novels"—Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Melville’s Moby-Dick and Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. But these great works did not spring fully formed from the heads of their creators. All three relied on conventions of short fiction built up during the "culture of beginnings," the three decades following the War of 1812 when public figures glorified the American past and called for a patriotic national literature. Decentering the novel as the favored form of early nineteenth-century national literature, Lydia Fash repositions the sketch and the tale at the center of accounts of American literary history, revealing how cultural forces shaped short fiction that was subsequently mined for these celebrated midcentury novels and for the first novel published by an African American. In the shorter works of writers such as Washington Irving, Catharine Sedgwick, Edgar Allan Poe, and Lydia Maria Child, among others, the aesthetic of brevity enabled the beginning idea of a story to take the outsized importance fitted to the culture of beginnings. Fash argues that these short forms, with their ethnic exclusions and narrative innovations, coached readers on how to think about the United States’ past and the nature of narrative time itself. Combining history, print history, and literary criticism, this book treats short fiction as a vital site for debate over what it meant to be American, thereby offering a new account of the birth of a self-consciously national literary tradition.

A Short History of English Literature

A Short History of English Literature
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Total Pages : 848
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ISBN-10 : UCBK:C004511852
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Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis A Short History of English Literature by : George Saintsbury

An Introduction to English Literature

An Introduction to English Literature
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 626
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B275333
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Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to English Literature by : Henry Spackman Pancoast

A Short History of English Literature

A Short History of English Literature
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Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages : 572
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ISBN-10 : 8126904461
ISBN-13 : 9788126904464
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis A Short History of English Literature by : George Saintsbury

Professor Of English Literature Of King S College, London Observes Thus: This Is An Extremely Bold And Far-Reaching Attempt At A Comprehensive Theory Of Poetry. There Is Evidence Everywhere Of Extensive Learning And Of Acute And Sensitive Literary Mind. The Author Draws With Equal Ease On Indian Poetics And On English And European Literature, Aesthetics And Philosophy. The Candidate Stands Very Much In The Tradition Of That Manner Of Thinking Which May Be Associated With I.A. Richards, Of Whom He Is No Unworthy Follower.This Is Not An Easy Thesis On Which To Pass Judgment. I Am Impressed And Convinced By The Distinction Of Mind And The Continuity Of Thought. I Believe, It Is Worthy Of The Highest Doctoral Degree, If That Is Now D.Litt. Should Be Described And Therefore Of Publication.

English Literature

English Literature
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Publisher : Good Press
Total Pages : 463
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4057664166821
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Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis English Literature by : William J. Long

"English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World" by William J. Long resents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era. It's a useful and interesting guide for students as well as teachers of English literature, specially European and American, despite over a hundred years passing since the time of its first publication.

The Every-Day Book of Modern Literature

The Every-Day Book of Modern Literature
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 966
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ISBN-10 : 9783385234611
ISBN-13 : 3385234611
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Every-Day Book of Modern Literature by : George H. Townsend

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

History of English Literature

History of English Literature
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Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 8126900415
ISBN-13 : 9788126900411
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis History of English Literature by : N. Jayapalan

The Study Deals With All Aspects Of History Of English Literature In A Comprehensive Manner. It Covers The Entire Period Of English Literature From Chaucer Down To The Modern Age. Every Age Has Been Portrayed In A Simple Manner So As To Fulfil The Requirements Of The Students Of Various Indian Universities Covering The Entire Field Of English Literature. The Study Also Provides A Clear Picture About The Life And Works Of All Great Literary Figures Such As Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Thomas Hardy And Others. More Attention Has Been Focused On The Important Aspects Of The History Of English Literature And All Superfluity Has Been Avoided. The Book Is A Boon For All Those Who Are Interested In The Study Of The Subject, As It Makes A Rapid Survey Of The Whole Field Without Going Into Unnecessary Details.