A little history of literature
Sutherland, John2013
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This little history takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task.
Main title:
A little history of literature / by John Sutherland
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven Yale University Press 2013
Collation:
276 pages illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What is literature? -- Fabulous beginnings: Myth -- Writing for nations: Epic -- Being human: Tragedy -- English tales: Chaucer -- Theatre on the street: The Mystery Plays -- The bard: Shakespeare -- The book of books: The King James Bible -- Minds unchained: The Metaphysicals -- Nations rise: Milton And Spenser -- Who 'owns' literature?: Printing, Publishing And Copyright -- The house of fiction -- Travellers' tall tales: Defoe, Swift And The Rise Of The Novel -- How to read: Dr Johnson -- Romantic revolutionaries -- The sharpest mind: Austen -- Books for you: The Changing Reading Public -- The giant: Dickens -- Life in literature: The Brontes -- Under the blankets: Literature And Children -- Flowers of decadence: Wilde, Baudelaire, Proust And Whitman -- Poets laureate: Tennyson -- New lands: America And The American Voice -- The great pessimist: Hardy -- Dangerous books: Literature And The Censor -- Empire: Kipling, Conrad And Forster -- Doomed anthems: The War Poets -- The year that changed everything: 1922 And The Modernists -- A litertaure of her own: Woolf -- Brave new worlds: Utopias And Dystopias -- Boxes of tricks:
ISBN:
9780300186857 (hardback)
Dewey class:
809 LIT
Local class:
809
Language:
English
BRN:
86581
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 809 LIT | hbkAvailable |