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005			20180115132202.0
008			130724s2013 enk b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781137352651 (hbk.)
020			_a1137352655 (hbk.)
020			_a9781137352668 (pbk.)
020			_a1137352663 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)858007587
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050		4	_aPR83 _b.P43 2013
082	0	4	_a820.9 _223
100	1		_aPeck, John, _d1947- _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA brief history of English literature / _cJohn Peck and Martin Coyle.
246	3	0	_aHistory of English literature
246	3	0	_aEnglish literature
250			_a2nd ed
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; _aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2013.
300			_axiii, 378 pages ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
502			_aA Brief History of English Literature provides a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day. The authors write in their characteristically lucid style which enables the reader to engage fully with the narrative and easily understand the texts in relation to the social, political and cultural contexts in which they were written. A masterpiece of clarity and compression, this book is a must have for anyone interested in the history of literature from the British Isles
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [354]-356) and index.
505	0		_aOld English literature -- Middle English literature -- Sixteenth-century poetry and prose -- Shakespeare -- Renaissance and restoration drama -- Seventeenth-century poetry and prose -- The eighteenth century -- The novel : the first hundred years -- The romantic period -- Victorian literature, 1837-1857 -- Victorian literature 1857-1876 -- Victorian literature 1876-1901 -- The twentieth century : the early years -- The twentieth century : between the wars -- The twentieth century : the Second World War -- The twenty-first century -- Periods of English language and literature -- Chronology.
650		0	_aEnglish literature _xHistory and criticism.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xIntellectual life.
700	1		_aCoyle, Martin, _eauthor.
942			_2ddc _cBK