Edmund Gosse

A Short History of Modern English Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Written by well-established critic Edmund Gosse, this 1898 work traces the history of English literature from Chaucer to Tennyson.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781108033923
• ISBN-10: 110803392X
• Artikelnr.: 33780012

Autorenporträt

Edmund Gosse (1849-1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He received an Hon MA from Cambridge University, lectured at Trinity College in Cambridge and worked as a librarian at the British Museum. He was a much sought after lecturer and speaker in his time and an honored literary critic.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The age of Chaucer (1350-1400)
2. The close of the middle ages (1400-1560)
3. The age of Elizabeth (1560-1620)
4. The decline (1620-60)
5. The age of Dryden (1660-1700)
6. The age of Anne (1700-40)
7. The age of Johnson (1740-80)
8. The age of Wordsworth (1780-1815)
9. The age of Byron (1815-40)
10. The early Victorian age (1840-70)
11. The age of Tennyson
Epilogue
Biographical list
Bibliographical note
Index.