A Short History of English Literature

Pramod K. Nayar

doi:10.1017/UPO9788175968851

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.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Boxed Items
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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1 - English Literature
pp 1-14
A Prologue
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SECTION ONE - FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE RESTORATION
pp 15-17
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2 - Backgrounds
pp 18-28
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3 - Literature of the Renaissance
pp 29-105
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4 - Re-reading the Renaissance
pp 106-110
Postcolonial Shakespeare
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SECTION TWO - FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT
pp 111-112
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5 - Backgrounds
pp 113-118
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6 - Literature of the Restoration
pp 119-142
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7 - Literature of the Enlightenment
pp 143-174
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8 - Re-reading the Augustan Age
pp 175-180
Gender and Genre
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SECTION THREE - THE ROMANTIC AGE
pp 181-182
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9 - Backgrounds
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10 - Literature of the Romantic Age
pp 189-231
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11 - Re-reading the Romantics
pp 232-234
Colonialism, Romanticism and Disease
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SECTION FOUR - THE VICTORIAN AGE
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12 - Backgrounds
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13 - Literature of the Victorian Age
pp 241-278
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14 - Late Victorian Literature
pp 279-290
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15 - Re-reading the Victorians
pp 291-292
Constructed Masculinities
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SECTION FIVE - THE MODERN AGE
pp 293-296
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16 - Backgrounds
pp 297-300
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17 - Towards the Modern
pp 301-313
Edwardian and Georgian Literature, 1900–22
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18 - Literature of the Modern Age
pp 314-375
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19 - The Present
pp 376-409
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20 - Re-reading Modernism
pp 410-412
Technology, the Body and Literature
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