This handbook is intended for the reader of any age who is entering the serious study of English or American literature. Here are the principal editions and commentaries that such a reader may reasonably be expected to know about if they are to explore any of the classics or classical areas of English and American literature to the present day
Previous editions published under title: A guide to English literature. Includes bibliographical references and index
Author(s): Frederick Wilse Bateson
Edition: 3
Publisher: Longman, Inc.
Year: 1976
Language: English
Pages: 334
Tags: American Literature, English Literature, History of American Literature, History of English Literature,
General works on English literature. Bibliographies and reading lists ; Literary histories ; Anthologies ; Miscellaneous works of reference -- The approach to medieval literature. When does English literature begin? ; The mode of communication and its literary consquences ; The manner of presentation: oral delivery ; Subject matter: the Middle English mind -- A Middle English reading list. Bibliographies, literary histories and anthologies ; Special studies and aids ; Lyrics, romances, drama, ballads ; Single works and authors
The approach to Renaissance literature. Rebirth or inflation? ; Dramatic speech ; The Ego and Fortune -- A Renaissance reading list, 1500-1650. Bibliographies, literary histories, criticism, anthologies and special studies ; The principal writers -- The approach to Augustan literature. A common culture ; First aid for the modern reader ; The return of love -- An Augustan reading list, 1650-1800. Bibliographies, literary histories and anthologies ; Special subjects ; The principal writers
The approach to Romanticism. The subjective individual ; Diversitarianism ; The reading public ; The retreat from Romanticism -- A reading list, 1800-1970. Bibliographies ; Literary histories, surveys and criticisms ; Anthologies ; The principal writers
Modern literary criticism. Bibliographies and histories of criticism ; Anthologies and symposia ; Critical journals ; General critical theory ; Criticism of poetry ; Criticism of drama ; Criticism of prose fiction ; Style and stylistics ; Prosody -- Literary sholarship: an introduction to research in English literature. Literary research: primers and style sheets ; Identifying and locating texts ; Assembling the secondary material ; The technique of literary research -- American literature: by Harrison T. Meserole. Bibliographies and other works ; Histories and anthologies ; Literary criticism ; Journals ; The principal writers (to those born 1900)
