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This is an impressive and lucid volume of eighteenth-century literature, providing a real sense of the complexity of the age and of the cultural and intellectual climate in which imaginative literature flourished. It reflects on some of the dominant themes of the period, arguing against such labels as 'Augustan age', 'Age of enlightenment' and 'Age of Reason,' which have been attached to the eighteenth-century by critics and historians. This book introduces the ...
This volume offers readers the entire range of literary criticism. The volume covers field's important figures, schools and movements. It includes critics and theorists, critical schools and movements. The differentiation of literary criticism according to its particular perspective is covered from numerous angles from which literary works can be viewed. This volume's guiding purpose is to examine the social and historical circumstances within which literary ...
Classics in English literature present the role of classics in history of literature, its influence and the role classics played in shaping English literature to its present form. The aim is to display a significant and representative selection of works in relation to the history and culture of the day. The book's primary focus is to explain in lucid, succinct and analytical language, the role of classics in English literature. The book covers the influence ...
This volume is an attempt to provide knowledge of English usage and grammar in a systematic and lucid manner. Starting from the origin of English language and its classification, it covers phonetics, inflections, syntax and general grammar like sentences, clauses and much more. The first usage problem among English speaker is the correct pronunciation of words, which is adequately dealt in this volume. A concise account of the phonology and inflexions of the ...
Reflecting the continuing change and development in contemporary literature, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary themes. Literature students will find its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessible. The contemporary period is one of the most exciting periods in English literary history. This book provides a comprehensive and ...
This book aims to provide a view of Defoe for students in colleges and universities and others. Known as the author of Robinson Crusoe, very few also knows him as the father of English novel. This book covers his works and his life in a manner so that the reader gets a comprehensive view of his personality. The purposes of this volume is to cover Defoe's work and his life comprehensively, and to give appreciative interpretation of his most important works. This ...
Classics in English Literature present the role of classics in history of literature, its influence and the role classic played in shaping English literature to its present form. The aim is to display a significant and representative selection of works in relation to the history and culture of the day. The book's primary focus is to explain in lucid, succinct and analytical language, the role of classics in English literature. The book covers the influence ...