Synopses & Reviews
What were people reading about as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? How did the events around the industrial revolution influence the literary output of British writers and thinkers? What are we reading now and how does it differ from what was being read 500 years ago?
The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors since 1474.
Review
Praise for The Oxford Chronology of English Literature: "Could harldy be done better."--Times Higher Education Supplement
"Riveting.... A treasure trove for the bookish."--Sunday Times [London]
Synopsis
This spectacular reference is a historic portal synchronized with the literature, by individual year, of nearly seven centuries. In its astonishing reach, the volume presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors from 1474 to 2001. Over 15,000 works of fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry, and literary scholarship stand as a unique record of authors, their time, and the events that influenced them. Inclusive and pluralistic in its selection of titles, the book encompasses the well known as well as important women writers; Irish, Scottish, and Welsh literature; English regional writers; and popular fiction. So now, when your insatiable mind begs for ages-old literary answers, you will know the place to turn.
Synopsis
What were people reading about as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? How did the events around the industrial revolution influence the literary output of British writers and thinkers? What are we reading now and how does it differ from what was being read 500 years ago?
The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors since 1474.
About the Author
Michael Cox works as Senior Commissioning Editor on reference books at Oxford University Press. He is the author of the standard biography of the scholar M. R. James (1983) and has edited a selection of James's ghost stories for the Oxford World's Classics series. An authority on English supernatural fiction and Victorian detective fiction, he has co-edited (with R. A. Gilbert)
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories as well as editing or co-editing a number of other Oxford fiction anthologies. His other publications are listed in 'books by the same author'.
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