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The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) 3  \n1. General Background 3  \n2. Poetry 4  \n3. Prose 5  \nII. The Middle English Period (1066-1500) 6  \n1. General Background 6  \n2. Latin and French Literature in England 7  \n3. Literature in English 8  \nIII. The Sixteenth Century 12  \n1. General Background 12  \n2. Poetry 14  \n3. Drama 16  \n4. Prose and Prose Fiction 17  \nIV. The Seventeenth Century 19  \n1. General Background 19  \n2. Poetry 21  \n3. Drama 29  \n4. Fiction 37  \n5. Nonfiction 38  \nV. The Eighteenth Century 41  \n1. General Background 41  \n2. Poetry 45  \n3. Drama 52  \n4. The Novel 56  \n5. Nonfiction 76  \nVI. The Nineteenth Century 79  \n1. General Background 79  \n2. Poetry 82  \n3. Drama 96  \n4. The Novel 99  \n5. Nonfiction 111  \nVII. The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 114  \n1. General Background 114  \n2. Poetry 122  \n3. Drama 156  \n4. Prose Fiction 190  \n4.1 The Novel 190  \n4.2 The Short Story 245  \n5. Children's Literature 253  \n6. Popular Fiction 255  \n6.1 Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Hyperfiction 255  \n6.2 Crime Fiction 263  \n7. Nonfiction 270  \nAMERICAN LITERATURE 281  \nI. The Colonial Period 283  \n1. General Background 283  \n2. Poetry 285  \n3. Drama 289  \n4. Prose 290  \nII. From the Revolution to 1800 292  \n1. General Background 292  \n2. Poetry 293  \n3. Drama 297  \n4. Prose Fiction 297  \n5. Nonfiction 298  \nIII. The Nineteenth Century 301  \n1. General Background 301  \n2. Poetry 304  \n3. Drama 313  \n4. Prose Fiction 316  \n4.1 The Novel 316  \n4.2 The Short Story 325  \n5. Nonfiction 328  \nIV. The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 332  \n1. General Background 332  \n2. Poetry 340  \n3. Drama 375  \n4. Prose Fiction 407  \n4.1 The Novel 407  \n4.2 The Short Story 460  \n5. Children's Literature 467  \n6. Popular Fiction 472  \n6.1 The Middlebrow novel, punk, horror, fantasy, and the Western 472  \n6.2 Science Fiction and Hyperfiction 477  \n6.3 Crime Fiction 484  \n7. Nonfiction 491  \nAPPENDIX 501  \nChronological Tables 503  \nFurther Reading 521  \nGlossary of Literary Terms 532  \nList of Illustrations 544  \nIndex 556  \nPreface  \nThis book attempts to render more accessible those parts of the vast jungle called literature which we normally refer to as British, Irish and American. In order to achieve this task it has been arranged by periods and genres in a way that might seem radically simple to some readers. But every literary history must select and establish an order of some kind in the face of diversity.  \nBritish and Irish literature are presented here together in the first part of the book because – notwithstanding national differences and the existence of separate histories of Irish literature1 – the European literature in English is never simply national. To take just two examples: while most British readers will be aware of the fact that James Joyce was an (expatriate) Irishman, they will consider his writings as part of the heritage in English-language literature; and whereas Roddy Doyle is one of contemporary Ireland's litera","cbCaiaFoS40uap9t","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaFoS40uap9t","pdf",406760,"English","# Preface\n# British and Irish Literature\n## The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066)\n## The Middle English Period (1066-1500)\n## The Sixteenth Century\n## The Seventeenth Century\n## The Eighteenth Century\n## The Nineteenth Century\n## The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries\n# American Literature\n## The Colonial Period\n## From the Revolution to 1800\n## The Nineteenth Century\n## The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries\n# Appendix\n## Chronological Tables\n## Further Reading\n## Glossary of Literary Terms\n## List of Illustrations\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"How is the book structured to make literature easier to access?\",\"answer\":\"It organizes literary history by periods and by genres, creating a systematic order intended to feel simple while still recognizing the need for selection.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the book present British and Irish literature together in the first part?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that English-language European literature is not simply national and that cultural and political factors in Ireland have a deep, lasting influence on literature beyond Ireland itself.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book mean by the term “American” and how is the focus defined?\",\"answer\":\"“American” could refer to North America, and the book’s focus centers on that region while still addressing how literary heritage and contexts cross boundaries.\"}]","A History of British, Irish and American Literature - 2nd revised and enlarged edition - Preface | PDF",15]