Band 43: Wagner, Hans-Peter (2003): A History of British, Irish and American Literature (vergriffen)
ISBN 3-88476-676-7, EUR 26,50, CD-ROM
Published in 2003 and containing discussions of literary works up to 2002, this is a unique venture in the area of literary history. The book attempts to render more accessible the vast jungle of literary works normally discussed under the headings "British", "Irish" and "American". This literary history covers the time from the Anglo-Saxon period to the postmodernism of the 21st century while giving the reader a sense of what is still worth reading.
Presenting brief discussions of both the great works of highbrow literature and representative writings of the popular canon, this literary history thus provides surveys of what students are told to read by academic critics.
Innovative features include the following:
- In addition to the major genres, discussions of non-fictional works and contemporary popular genres as crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, the Western, horror fiction;
- An appendix with a detailed bibliography containing suggestions for further reading, a glossary of literary terms, chronological tables for British/Anglo-Irish and American literatures, and an index.
The literary history on CD-ROM offers all possible advantages the reader expects of a work designed for obtaining illuminating contents by fast and easy handling.
Table of Contents:
Preface IV
BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE 6
I The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) 4
1. General Background 4
2. Poetry 5
3. Prose 6
II. The Middle English Period (1066-1500) 7
1. General Background 7
2. Latin and French Literature in England 8
3. Literature in English 9
III. The Sixteenth Century 13
1. General Background 13
2. Poetry 15
3. Drama 17
4. Prose and Prose Fiction 18
IV. The Seventeenth Century 20
1. General Background 20
2. Poetry 22
3. Drama 30
4. Fiction 38
5. Nonfiction 39
V. The Eighteenth Century 42
1. General Background 42
2. Poetry 46
3. Drama 53
4. The Novel 57
5. Nonfiction 77
VI. The Nineteenth Century 80
1. General Background 80
2. Poetry 83
3. Drama 97
4. The Novel 100
5. Nonfiction 112
VII. The Twentieth Century 115
1. General Background 115
2. Poetry 121
3. Drama 153
4. Prose Fiction 185
4.1 The Novel 185
4.2 The Short Story 234
5. Children's Literature 240
6. Popular Fiction 242
6.1 Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Hyperfiction 242
6.2 Crime Fiction 250
7. Nonfiction 256
AMERICAN LITERATURE 267
I. The Colonial Period 267
1. General Background 267
2. Poetry 269
3. Drama 273
4. Prose 274
II. From the Revolution to 1800 276
1. General Background 276
2. Poetry 277
3. Drama 281
4. Prose Fiction 281
5. Nonfiction 282
III. The Nineteenth Century 285
1. General Background 285
2. Poetry 288
3. Drama 297
4. Prose Fiction 300
4.1 The Novel 300
4.2 The Short Story 309
5. Nonfiction 312
IV. The Twentieth Century 316
1. General Background 316
2. Poetry 323
3. Drama 356
4. Prose Fiction 387
4.1 The Novel 387
4.2 The Short Story 435
5. Children's Literature 442
6. Popular Fiction 447
6.1 The Middlebrow novel, punk, horror, fantasy, and the Western 447
6.2 Science Fiction and Hyperfiction 452
6.3 Crime Fiction 458
7. Nonfiction 464