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English Literature
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English Literature
Abrams, Meyer Howard, ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Norton, 2001. A classic anthology in several volumes.
Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. St. Martin's, 2000. A survey of one of the richest and oldest literatures in the world.
Bradbury, Malcolm. The Modern British Novel. Viking Penguin, 1995, 2001. The history of the British novel from 1876.
Braunmuller, A. R., ed. Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. Cambridge University Press, 1995. Introduction to the plays, playwrights, and theaters of the English Renaissance.
Corns, Thomas. The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry Donne to Marvell. Cambridge University Press, 1993. Essays about 17th-century poets.
Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1998. Comprehensive, informative reference.
Evans, Ifor. Short history of English Literature. 4th ed. Penguin, 2001. A classic work of literary criticism, reliable and readable.
Hughes, Derek. English Drama, 1660-1700. Oxford University Press, 1996. Careful, readable analysis of Restoration comedy and tragedy.
Richetti, John, and Michael Seider, eds. Columbia History of the British Novel. Columbia University Press, 1994. Comprehensive history of the British novel from the 18th to the 20th century.
Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1996. Introduction providing analyses and historical context.
Showalter, Elaine. A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing. Princeton University Press, 1977. Expanded ed. 1999. A pioneering work in feminist literary studies.
Styan, J. L. The English Stage: A History of Drama and Performance. Cambridge University Press, 1996. The theatrical tradition in England.
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