The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740

by Steven N. Zwicker

Author	: Steven N. Zwicker
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 362
Release	: 1998-06-18
Genre	: Literary Criticism
ISBN	: 9780521564885

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This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political allegories of this age, in the vitriol and bristling topicality of its satires as well as in the imaginative flight of its mock epics, fictions, and heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, while the fourteen essays commissioned for this Companion will allow us to read the period anew.

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1740-1830

by Thomas Keymer

Author	: Thomas Keymer
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 332
Release	: 2004-06-17
Genre	: Literary Criticism
ISBN	: 9780521007573

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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.

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500–1600

by Arthur F. Kinney

Author	: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 491
Release	: 1999-12-02
Genre	: Literary Criticism
ISBN	: 1139825704

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This is the first comprehensive account of English Renaissance literature in the context of the culture which shaped it: the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the tumult of Catholic and Protestant alliances during the Reformation, the age of printing and of New World discovery. In this century courtly literature under Henry VIII moves toward a new, more personal poetry of sentiment, narrative and romance. The development of English prose is seen in the writing of More, Foxe and Hooker and in the evolution of satire and popular culture. Drama moves from the churches to the commercial playhouses with the plays of Kyd, Marlowe and the early careers of Shakespeare and Jonson. The Companion tackles all these subjects in fourteen newly-commissioned essays, written by experts for student readers. A detailed chronology of major literary achievements concludes with a list of authors and their dates.

The Cambridge Companion to Coleridge

by Lucy Newlyn

Author	: Lucy Newlyn
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 292
Release	: 2002-10-24
Genre	: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN	: 9780521659093

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most influential, as well as one of the most enigmatic, of all Romantic figures. The possessor of a precocious talent, he dazzled contemporaries with his poetry, journalism, philosophy and oratory without ever quite living up to his early promise, or overcoming problems of dependence and drug addiction. The Cambridge Companion to Coleridge does full justice to the many facets of Coleridge's life and work. Specially commissioned essays focus on his major poems, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel, his notebooks, and his major work of non-fiction the Biographia Literaria. Attention is given to his role as talker, journalist, critic, and philosopher, his politics, his religion, and his reputation in his own times and afterwards. A chronology and guides to further reading complete the volume, making this an indispensable guide to Coleridge and his work.

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War

by Vincent Sherry

Author	: Vincent Sherry
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 572
Release	: 2005-01-20
Genre	: Literary Criticism
ISBN	: 1139826980

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The Great War of 1914–1918 marks a turning point in modern history and culture. This Companion offers critical overviews of the major literary genres and social contexts that define the study of the literatures produced by the First World War. The volume comprises original essays by distinguished scholars of international reputation, who examine the impact of the war on various national literatures, principally Great Britain, Germany, France and the United States, before addressing the way the war affected Modernism, the European avant-garde, film, women's writing, memoirs, and of course the war poets. It concludes by addressing the legacy of the war for twentieth-century literature. The Companion offers readers a chronology of key events and publication dates covering the years leading up to and including the war, and ends with a current bibliography of further reading organised by chapter topics.

The Cambridge Companion to Kafka

by Julian Preece

Author	: Julian Preece
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 278
Release	: 2002-02-21
Genre	: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN	: 9780521663915

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Offers a rounded contemporary appraisal of Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist.

The Cambridge Companion to Ovid

by Philip R. Hardie

Author	: Philip R. Hardie
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 424
Release	: 2002-05-02
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 9780521775281

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Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion, chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting critical approaches. This Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Ovid, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition.

The Cambridge Companion to Tom Stoppard

by Katherine E. Kelly

Author	: Katherine E. Kelly
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 264
Release	: 2001-09-20
Genre	: Drama
ISBN	: 9780521645928

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Companion to the work of playwright Tom Stoppard who also co-authored screenplay of Shakespeare in Love.

The Cambridge Companion to the Brontës

by Heather Glen

Author	: Heather Glen
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 276
Release	: 2002-12-05
Genre	: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN	: 9780521779715

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The extraordinary works of the three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë have entranced and challenged scholars, students, and general readers for the past 150 years. This Companion offers a fascinating introduction to those works, including two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century - Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights. In a series of original essays, contributors explore the roots of the sisters' achievement in early nineteenth-century Haworth, and the childhood 'plays' they developed; they set these writings within the context of a wider history, and show how each sister engages with some of the central issues of her time. The essays also consider the meaning and significance of the Brontës' enduring popular appeal. A detailed chronology and guides to further reading provide further reference material, making this a volume indispensable for scholars and students, and all those interested in the Brontës and their work.