The Penguin Guide to Literature in English
Britain And Ireland
Published on 27. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-14-198516-9 (ISBN)
Description
This second edition of The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain and Ireland provides an illustrated introduction to the work of the most important writers and their historical background from the year 600 to the end of the twentieth century. It covers the works of novelists, dramatists and poets from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Austen to Dickens, James Joyce to Seamus Heaney, right through to modern-day authors such as Jeanette Winterson, Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-198516-9 (9780141985169)
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Ronald Carter was the Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham. He published more than forty books, including The Penguin Guide to English Literature (with John McRae).