A Short History of English Literature

by Gilbert Phelps

Hardcover, 1962

Status

Available

Call number

820.9

Tags

folio society, books on books, english literature, history

Genres

Collections

Folio Society books, Non-fiction & Reference, Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

Folio Society (1962), Hardcover, 160 pages

Language

English

Local notes

Sets out the story of English literature from Beowulf to the 1930s. Contents include Before and After Chaucer, The Renaissance in England, An Age of Transition, The Age of Prose, The Romantic Revival, and Victorians and Moderns.

40 plates illustrating facsimiles of manuscripts, books, portraits, paintings and etchings. The Presentation Volume for 1963.

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