History of English Literature, Volume 8: From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010

Author:   Franco Marucci
Publisher:   Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   736
Publication Date:   29 August 2019
Format:   Hardback
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For ordering the hardcover version of this book, please contact orders@peterlang.com (Retail Price: £100.00, $151.90). ‘Franco Marucci’s History of English Literature is unique in its field. There is no other book that combines such erudition and authority in such a compact format. An indispensable work of reference.’ — J. B. Bullen, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford History of English Literature is a comprehensive, eight-volume survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the early twenty-first century. This reference work provides insightful and often revisionary readings of core texts in the English literary canon. Richly informative analyses are framed by the biographical, historical and intellectual context for each author. Volume 8 continues with the 1920s and the 1930s, when the Depression, the Spanish Civil War, Fascist dictatorships, and the threat of a second war challenged apolitical Modernism. Poets led by Auden, novelists like Orwell and figures such as Lawrence of Arabia defined the period. By the end of the Second World War, a realist, satirical or comic tradition resurfaces in the novel, while in poetry the affirmation of a pre-war neo-Romantic vein, especially with Dylan Thomas, is reacted against by various movements that lead poetry back to the common man. Two important years are 1953, when Waiting for Godot by Beckett is staged, and 1956, when Look Back in Anger by Osborne gives life to the ‘angry’ novel and theatre. Extensive discussions not only of writers now become classics (Doris Lessing, Iris Murdoch, Heaney, Hill and Ted Hughes) but also of other leading ones (such as Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan) are included.

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Author:   Franco Marucci
Publisher:   Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   1.104kg
ISBN:  

9781789974034


ISBN 10:   1789974038
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   29 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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«I grandi studiosi si ricordano e distinguono per alcuni volumi che restano impressi nella memoria degli scholars come punti di riferimento obbligato non solo per la ricerca, ma anche come modelli da poter imitare o, nella migliore delle ipotesi, da superare. Sarà tuttavia molto difficile tentare di eguagliare in termini di quantità e qualità ciò che Franco Marucci ha compiuto, ha rappresentato e rappresenta per l'anglistica italiana, e diremmo internazionale». (S. Tamaioulo, Annali di Ca' Foscari. Serie Occidentale, Vol. 54, September 2020).


I grandi studiosi si ricordano e distinguono per alcuni volumi che restano impressi nella memoria degli scholars come punti di riferimento obbligato non solo per la ricerca, ma anche come modelli da poter imitare o, nella migliore delle ipotesi, da superare. Sara tuttavia molto difficile tentare di eguagliare in termini di quantita e qualita cio che Franco Marucci ha compiuto, ha rappresentato e rappresenta per l'anglistica italiana, e diremmo internazionale . (S. Tamaioulo, Annali di Ca' Foscari. Serie Occidentale, Vol. 54, September 2020).


I grandi studiosi si ricordano e distinguono per alcuni volumi che restano impressi nella memoria degli scholars come punti di riferimento obbligato non solo per la ricerca, ma anche come modelli da poter imitare o, nella migliore delle ipotesi, da superare. Sara tuttavia molto difficile tentare di eguagliare in termini di quantita e qualita cio che Franco Marucci ha compiuto, ha rappresentato e rappresenta per l'anglistica italiana, e diremmo internazionale . (S. Tamaioulo, Annali di Ca' Foscari. Serie Occidentale, Vol. 54, September 2020).


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