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No annotations or markings beyond some notes inside front cover. Spine: slight bend consistent with having been read but no creasing. Front cover: very good condition. Rear cover: same. Corners: slight wear. Edges of pages: good condition. Excellent reading/student copy. Assume item will be shipped on the next business day. Seller Inventory # ABE-1760042585193
A renowned critic provides a lively and informed overview of English literature, ranging from the medieval period to the present
About the Author:
Jonathan Bate is Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. Among his many books are John Clare: A Biography (Farrar Straus Giroux), which won Britain's two oldest literary prizes, the Hawthomden and the James Tait Black, a best-selling book on Shakespeare for the general reader, The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador, UK and OUP, USA), and a major intellectual biography of Shakespeare in the cultural context of the Elizabethan Age (The Soul of the Age. He is also chief editor of The RSC Shakespeare: Complete Works (Macmillan UK/Random House Modern Library USA).
Title: English Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # FORT681473
Seller: Henniker Book Farm and Gifts, Henniker, NH, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine condition, no DJ. First edition, first printing. No markings to the text block. No marks of personal identification or prior ownership.; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 51458
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Special order direct from the distributor. Seller Inventory # ING9780199569267
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: New. 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. English Literature: A Very Short Introduction discusses why literature matters, how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature. Jonathan Bate considers how we determine the content of the field, and looks at the three major kinds of imaginative literature - English poetry, English drama and The English novel. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780199569267