The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1740-1830

ISBN: 9780521007573

出版社: Cambridge Univ Pr

出版年: 2004-6

页数: 308

定价: 224.00元

装帧: Pap

内容简介

This volume offers an introduction to British literature that challenges the traditional divide between eighteenth-century and Romantic studies. Contributors explore the development of literary genres and modes through a period of rapid change. They show how literature was shaped by historical factors including the development of the book trade, the rise of literary criticism and the expansion of commercial society and empire. The wide scope of the collection, juxtaposing canonical authors with those now gaining new attention from scholars, makes it essential reading for students of eighteenth-century literature and Romanticism.