The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain And Ireland

The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain And Ireland

by John McRae (Author), Ronald Carter (Author)

Synopsis

This second edition of The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain and Ireland provides an illustrated introduction to the work of the most important writers and their historical background from the year 600 to the end of the twentieth century. It covers the works of novelists, dramatists and poets from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Austen to Dickens, James Joyce to Seamus Heaney, right through to modern-day authors such as Jeanette Winterson, Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 27 Oct 2016

ISBN 10: 014198516X
ISBN 13: 9780141985169
Book Overview: This second edition of The Penguin Guide to Literature in English- Britain and Ireland provides an illustrated introduction to the work of the most important writers and their historical background from the year 600 to the end of the twentieth century.

Author Bio
Ronald Carter (Author) Ronald Carter is Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham. John McRae (Author) John McRae is Professor of English at the University of Nottingham.