The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature
Author: David Hopkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2012-09-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199219818

"The present volume [3] is the first to appear of the five that will comprise The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (henceforth OHCREL). Each volume of OHCREL will have its own editor or team of editors"--Preface.

The Short Oxford History of English Literature

The Short Oxford History of English Literature
Author: Andrew Sanders
Publisher:
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2000-01
Genre: English literature
ISBN: 9780198186960

A guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. The volume includes information on Old and Middle English, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the 17th and 18th centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing.

The Modern Movement

The Modern Movement
Author: Chris Baldick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2004
Genre: English literature
ISBN: 0198183100

A major new survey of literature in England during the first half of the twentieth century, Chris Baldick places modernist with non-modernist writings, high art with low entertainment. The Modern Movement ranges broadly covering psychological novels, war poems, detective stories, satires, children's books, and other literary forms evolving in response to the new anxieties and exhilarations of twentieth-century life.

The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:

The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:
Author: Peter France
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2006-02-23
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0199246238

Translation has played a vital part in the history of literature throughout the English-speaking world. Offering for the first time a comprehensive view of this phenomenon, this pioneering five-volume work casts a vivid new light on the history of English literature. Incorporating critical discussion of translations, it explores the changing nature and function of translation and the social and intellectual milieu of the translators.

The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English

The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
Author: Terry Sturm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 780
Release: 1991
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

The first comprehensive history of New Zealand literature, this volume includes chapters on the novel, poetry, and the short story, as well as sections on drama, non-fiction, children's literature, popular literature, and the history of publishing, patronage, and literary magazines. While it features major authors, this history also contains information on little-known authors and forgotten periods in New Zealand's literary history, providing more comprehensive information on the subject than has ever appeared in a single volume before.

The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology

The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology
Author: Andrew Hass
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks Online
Total Pages: 909
Release: 2007-03-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199271976

A defining volume of essays in which leading international scholars apply an interdisciplinary approach to the long and evolving relationship between English Literature and Theology.

The Victorian Novel

The Victorian Novel
Author: Francis O'Gorman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0470779853

This guide steers students through significant critical responses to the Victorian novel from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day.