The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and Its Contexts

1500-2000

Peter Widdowson

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780333792186
• eBook ISBN: 9780230000995
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: English Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

This comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context of English literature covers the core periods of literature, and history, from the English Renaissance to the present. Peter Widdowson introduces and outlines key terms, concepts and developments and provides a series of timelines showing political, social, cultural and literary events for each year. Together, this indispensable reference work offers a concise history of Britain for literature students at all levels and provides readers with the context for any literary work from 1500 to 2000. The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts, 1500-2000
- Overs a wide range of canonical British authors and works but also provides contextualising examples of works from other countries
- Each chapter focuses on a key period in English Literature and History, gives a brief overview of that period, and defines the main terms and ideas of the age
- Contains easy-to-follow timelines which may be viewed either horizontally or vertically, allowing readers to track a chronological history, or single out the developments and events of a specific year

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• PREMISES AND PROCEDURES
• HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
• Abbreviations Used Throughout
• Chapter 1 1500–1649: The English Reformation and Renaissance
• Chapter 2 1650–1699: Commonwealth and Restoration
• Chapter 3 1700–1789: The Augustan Period
• Chapter 4 1790–1829: The Romantic Period
• Chapter 5 1830–1899: The Victorian Period
• Chapter 6 1900–1939: World War I and the Modernist Period
• Chapter 7 1940–1959: World War II and the Post-War Period
• Chapter 8 1960–1979: The Nineteen-Sixties and Seventies
• Chapter 9 1980–1999: The Contemporary Period
• Works Used for Reference
• Index A: British Authors (with their dates and year of first citation)
• Index B: Key Terms and Concepts