{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-modern-english-literature-paperback-9781108033923","title":"A Short History of Modern English Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Short History of Modern English Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWritten by well-established critic Edmund Gosse, this 1898 work traces the history of English literature from Chaucer to Tennyson.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdmund Gosse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033923, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e430 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEdmund Gosse (1849–1928), author and literary critic, held posts as a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and librarian to the House of Lords; he was honoured with a knighthood in 1925. His 1897 history of English literature (of which the version reissued here was published a year later by William Heinemann as Volume 3 in the series Short Histories of the Literatures of the World) traces the nation's greatest literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson, across eleven chapters. Rather than concentrating on biographical or sociological detail of English literary history, Gosse's book instead focuses on literary technique and style, intending to instil 'a feeling of the evolution of English Literature in the primary sense of the term'. Gosse had his detractors, who accused him of a cavalier approach to factual detail, but his novel approach to literary criticism means that the work can still be read with interest and enjoyment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The age of Chaucer (1350–1400)\u003cbr\u003e 2. The close of the middle ages (1400–1560)\u003cbr\u003e 3. The age of Elizabeth (1560–1620)\u003cbr\u003e 4. The decline (1620–60)\u003cbr\u003e 5. The age of Dryden (1660–1700)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The age of Anne (1700–40)\u003cbr\u003e 7. The age of Johnson (1740–80)\u003cbr\u003e 8. The age of Wordsworth (1780–1815)\u003cbr\u003e 9. The age of Byron (1815–40)\u003cbr\u003e 10. The early Victorian age (1840–70)\u003cbr\u003e 11. The age of Tennyson\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Biographical list\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266038354200,"sku":"9781108033923","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033923i.jpg?v=1694873738","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-short-history-of-modern-english-literature-paperback-9781108033923","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}