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The Routledge History

of Literature in English

‘Wide-ranging, very accessible . . . highly attentive to cultural and social

change and, above all, to the changing history of the language. . . . An

expansive, generous and varied textbook of British literary history . . .

addressed equally to the British and the foreign reader.’

MALCOLM BRADBURY, novelist and critic

‘The writing is lucid and eminently accessible while still allowing for a

substantial degree of sophistication. . . . The book wears its learning

lightly, conveying a wealth of information without visible effort.’

HANS BERTENS, University of Utrecht

This new guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish

literature uniquely charts some of the principal features of literary language

development and highlights key language topics. Clearly structured and highly

readable, it spans over a thousand years of literary history from AD 600 to the

present day. It emphasises the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions

and changing characteristics, and also includes literature from the margins, both

geographical and cultural.

Key features of the book are:

• An up-to-date guide to the major periods of literature in English in Britain and

Ireland

• Extensive coverage of post-1945 literature

• Language notes spanning AD 600 to the present

• Extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama

• A timeline of important historical, political and cultural events

• A foreword by novelist and critic Malcolm Bradbury

RONALD CARTER is Professor of Modern English Language in the Department

of English Studies at the University of Nottingham. He is editor of the Routledge

Interface series in language and literary studies.

JOHN MCRAE is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies at the University

of Nottingham and has been Visiting Professor and Lecturer in more than twenty

countries.

The Routledge History

of Literature in English

Britain and Ireland

Ronald Carter and John McRae

with a foreword by

Malcolm Bradbury

London and New York

First published 1997

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic,

mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,

including photocopying and recording, or in any information

storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from

the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British

Library

Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data

Carter, Ronald.

The Routledge history of literature in English:

Britain and Ireland / Ronald Carter and John McRae: with a

foreword by Malcolm Bradbury.

p. cm.

Includes index.

1. English literature—History and criticism.

2. Great Britain—Intellectual life.

3. Ireland—Intellectual life.

4. English language—History.

I. McRae, John. II. Title.

PR83.C28 1997

820.9—dc20

96-41221

ISBN 0-415-12342-9 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-12343-7 (pbk)

ISBN 0-203-13767-1 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-17878-5 (Glassbook Format)

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