The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature - Softcover

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9780198606345: The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198606346 ISBN 13: 9780198606345

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

What were people reading about as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? How did the events around the industrial revolution influence the literary output of British writers and thinkers? What are we reading now and how does it differ from what was being read 500 years ago?

The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors since 1474.

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About the Author:

Michael Cox works as Senior Commissioning Editor on reference books at Oxford University Press. He is the author of the standard biography of the scholar M. R. James (1983) and has edited a selection of James's ghost stories for the Oxford World's Classics series. An authority on English supernatural fiction and Victorian detective fiction, he has co-edited (with R. A. Gilbert) The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories as well as editing or co-editing a number of other Oxford fiction anthologies. His other publications are listed in 'books by the same author'.

Review:

Praise for The Oxford Chronology of English Literature: "Could harldy be done better."--Times Higher Education Supplement

"Riveting.... A treasure trove for the bookish."--Sunday Times [London]

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