Writers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Before 1660 (v. 1): Writers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Before 1600 (Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography)

ISBN 10: 0810379813 / ISBN 13: 9780810379817

Published by Cengage Gale, 1992

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Before 1660 (v. 1): Writers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Before 1600 (Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography)
• Publisher: Cengage Gale
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810379813
• ISBN 13: 9780810379817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1242.9 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Designed to meet the budgetary and space limitations of smaller academic, high school and public libraries, this illustrated 8-vol. set provides thorough coverage of major British literary figures of all eras. The convenient chronological arrangement makes it easy to zero in on a particular period in British literary history. Each volume covers 20-30 writers from all genres who were active during a single historical period.

The volumes include:

• Writers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Before 1660
• Writers of the Restoration and 18th Century, 1660-1789
• Writers of the Romantic Period, 1789-1832
• Victorian Writers, 1832-1890
• Late Victorian and Edwardian Writers, 1890-1914
• Modern Writers, 1914-1945
• Writers After World War II, 1945-1960
• Contemporary Writers, 1960-Present

About the Author

Matthew J. Bruccoli is Jefferies Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. He has written or edited thirty volumes on F. Scott Fitzgerald, including the standard biography, "Some Sort of Epic Grandeur".