{"product_id":"sketches-of-english-literature-from-the-fourteenth-to-the-present-century-paperback-9781108020244","title":"Sketches of English Literature, from the Fourteenth to the Present Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020244","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSketches of English Literature, from the Fourteenth to the Present Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBalfour's lively and accessible work surveys four centuries of English literature; it was a favourite of the Victorian bien pensant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClara Lucas Balfour (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108020244, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e418 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.42 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\"\u003eClara Lucas Balfour (1808–1878) published Sketches of English Literature in 1852. The work surveys the development of English literature from the revival of letters in the fourteenth century to the literary controversies of the mid-nineteenth. Balfour places a special focus on the work of women writers. The first chapters consider the impact of the Renaissance and Reformation, the development of printing, and the publication of early vernacular Bibles on English literature; and examine the work of a number of Elizabethan writers, including Spenser and Shakespeare. The survey continues with evaluations of later writers including Milton, Dryden and a number of female poets. Later chapters analyse the influence of science on literature and the work concludes with an examination of nineteenth-century socially conscious literature. Balfour's lively and accessible style ensured that the work became a favourite of educated Victorians. It is a classic of popular nineteenth-century literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The fourteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 2. The art of printing, its professors and patrons\u003cbr\u003e 3. Female education and influence after the introduction of printing\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Reformation, and the literary activity of its era\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Bible and its translators\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Bible, its literary influence\u003cbr\u003e 7. Spenser and Shakspeare, and their poetic contemporaries\u003cbr\u003e 8. Minor poets between the time of Shakspeare and Milton\u003cbr\u003e 9. Science and its martyrs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Milton and his literary contemporaries\u003cbr\u003e 11. Female writers of the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dryden and the rise of criticism in England\u003cbr\u003e 13. Mind and matter, their students and expositors\u003cbr\u003e 14. Aspects of the literature of the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 15. Eighteenth century (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Female writers of the last half of the eighteenth century, and the beginning of the present\u003cbr\u003e 17. Modern female poets\u003cbr\u003e 18. Illustrious youthful poets\u003cbr\u003e 19. Poetical controversies of the present age\u003cbr\u003e 20. Literature among the people.\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":46265950929176,"sku":"9781108020244","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020244i_ca821033-257e-4973-9169-b4a8309c86f9.jpg?v=1694869579","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sketches-of-english-literature-from-the-fourteenth-to-the-present-century-paperback-9781108020244","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}