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A Brief History of English Literature

A Brief History of English Literature
By John Peck, Martin Coyle

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"A Brief History of English Literature" provides a lively introductory guide to English literature from "Beowulf" to the present day. The book is written in a lucid style to enable the reader to engage fully with the narrative and easily understand the texts in relation to the social, political and cultural contexts in which they were written.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1279305 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-03-05
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 528 pages

Editorial Reviews

The Times Higher Education Supplement
'Chatty and engaging...will do its best work at sixth-form and first-year undergraduate level.'

Helen Barker, National Association for the Teaching of English
'I found this an interesting and useful read.'

J.P. Van der Motten, Gent Universiteit, Belgium
'A well-structured, uncluttered and balanced account of English literary history'