English Literature

English Literature: History and Significance covers literature from Anglo-Saxon to 20th century, analyzing works biographically and historically. It traces literary canon development, from moral allegories to complex issues, exploring events, social conditions, author lives, and literary epochs as a guide for students. englishiterature: its history and its significance for theife of the englishspeaking world is an allencompassing study of englishiterature from anglosaxon times to the twentieth century. it interpretsiterature both biographically and historically by showing how each work reflects not just the writer''sife and thoughts but also the spirit of the age and the nation''s history. it also shows the development of the englishiterary canon in terms of complexity, from the earlier simple moral allegories to the complex issues addressed in twentiethcentury writings. along with works ofiterature, this book also analyses important events and social conditions in each period, theives of important authors, as well asiterary epochs. with helpful summaries, bibliographies and tables of chronological events, this book is the best possible guide for students to understand the vast pantheon of englishiterature.

• | Author: William J. William Joseph
• | Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
• | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2015
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9788129135407
• | ISBN-10: 812913540X