The short Oxford history of English literature

Sanders, Andrew

earliest edition we have, 1994 Oxford University Press, 1994 732 pages

The Short Oxford History of English Literature provides in a single volume a comprehensive introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. Separate chapters trace the development of English literature from Beowulf to the 'post-modernism' of Seamus Heaney and Angela Carter. The History provides detailed discussion of Old and Middle English literature, the Rena...

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The short Oxford history of English literature edition · 2004 · Oxford University Press · 756 pages
The Short Oxford History of English Literature edition · 2000 · Oxford University Press · 732 pages
The short Oxford history of English literature edition · 1996 · Clarendon Press · 718 pages
The short Oxford history of English literature edition · 1994 · Oxford University Press · 732 pages

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