The Routledge History of Literature in English

Britain and Ireland

Ronald Carter, John McRae

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781315461274
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The Routledge History of Literature in English covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, with accompanying language notes which explore the interrelationships between language and literature at each stage. With a span from AD 600 to the present day, it emphasises the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical and cultural. Extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama underpin the narrative.

The third edition covers recent developments in literary and cultural theory, and features:

• a new chapter on novels, drama and poetry in the 21st century;
• examples of analysis of key texts drawn from across the history of British and Irish literature, including material from Chaucer, Shakespeare, John Keats and Virginia Woolf;
• an extensive companion website including extra language notes and key text analysis; lists of Booker, Costa and Nobel literature prize winners; and an A-Z of authors and topics.

The Routledge History of Literature in English is an invaluable reference for any student of English literature and language.

Index

Page numbers in bold indicate the main discussion.

Ackroyd, Peter (1949–) 186, 483, 485

Addison, Joseph (1672–1719) 142–3, 165, 168, 225, 456

Aelfric (c. 955–1010) 76

Aesop (6th century BC) 42, 155

Agard, John (1949–) 475

Ainsworth, Harrison (1805–82) 244, 252–3

Alain-Fournier, (Henri) (1886–1914) 331

Alcock, Mary (c. 1742–98) 220

Alcuin (also known as Ealhwine) (735–804) 10

Alfred (the Great), King of Wessex (848–99) 16, 43, 49

Ali, Monica (1967–) 514

alliterative revival 21, 25

Amis, Kingsley (1922–95) 421, 448, 452–3

Amis, Martin (1949–) 4, 452–3, 480, 502, 505–6

Ancrene Rewle (also known as Ancrene Wisse) 10, 27

Aneurin (7th century?) 342–3

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The 10, 16

Anselm, Saint (1033–1109) 10

Arden of Faversham 110, 126

Ariosto, Ludovico (1474–1535) 60

Armitage, Simon (1963–) 315, 423, 437, 525–6

Arnold, Matthew (1822–88) 171, 212, 267, 275, 285, 294–6, 585–7

Arthur, King (died 537) and Arthurian literature 5, 17, 29, 35–6, 46–7, 49, 53, 60–1, 121, 289, 291, 297, 343, 412–3 see also Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Atkinson, Kate (1951–) 502, 504, 520

Auden, W(ystan) H(ugh) (1907–73) 286, 313, 315, 317, 335–40, 349, 358, 392, 417, 419, 420, 422, 430, 482, 525, 526, 535

Austen, Jane (1775–1817) 186, 188–9, 220, 227–8, 229–33, 237, 238, 259, 262, 268, 284, 362, 391, 460, 469–70

Authorised Version of the Bible see Bible, the

Ayckbourn, Alan (1939–) 348, 409–10

Ayub Khan Din (1961–) 415

B. V. see Thomson, James

Bacon, Francis (1561–1626) 49–50, 57, 70–2

Bage, ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• List of illustrations
• Preface to the Third Edition
• THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH: Old and Middle English 600–1485
• THE RENAISSANCE: 1485–1660
• RESTORATION TO ROMANTICISM: 1660–1789
• THE ROMANTIC PERIOD: 1789–1832
• THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: 1832–1900
• THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1900–45
• THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1945 to 2000
• THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
• Timelines
• Acknowledgements
• Select bibliography
• Key Texts
• Index