The Eighteenth-Century English Novel (Bloom's Period Studies)

Early novelists such as Samuel Richardson, Daniel Defoe, and Laurence Stern helped create the formula for the modern novel. This title, The Eighteenth Century English Novel, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Period Studies series, features a selection of critical essays analyzing the writers and works that defined the eighteenth century. In addition to a chronology of the important cultural, literary, and politcal events that shaped this period, this text includes an introduction and editor's note written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

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The Italian Renaissance (Bloom's Period Studies)

Four new titles in the series of comprehensive critical overviews of major literary movements in Western literary history. The Renaissance was a turning point in the development of civilization. The great flowering of art, architecture, politics, and especially the study of literature began in Italy the late 14th century and spread throughout Europe and the Western world.

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Modern American Poetry (Bloom's Period Studies)

From Arthur Miller to Tony Kushner, this volume chronicles the plays and playwrights that shaped American drama to the present time.

- A comprehensive view of the major literary movements in Western history
- An introduction by Harold Bloom and a selection of critical essays provides scholarly analysis on the major writers and works that defined each literary period
- Features a chronology of important cultural, literary, and political events that helped shape each literary period.

http://englishtips.org/1150839076-modern-american-poetry.html

Elizabethan Drama (Bloom's Period Studies)

Critical essays discuss te works of major dramatists of the Elizabethan age in this comprehensive volume. This title, Elizabethan Drama, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Period Studies series, features a selection of critical essays analyzing the writers and works that defined the Elizabethan era. In addition to a chronology of the important cultural, literary, and politcal events that shaped this period, this text includes an introduction and editor's note written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

http://englishtips.org/1150839077-elizabethan-drama.html

Edwardian And Georgian Fiction (Bloom's Period Studies)

This volume examines the great writers of the late nineteenth/early twentith century, from Thomas Hardy to Joseph Conrad.

- A comprehensive view of the major literary movements in Western history
- An introduction by Harold Bloom and a selection of critical essays provides scholarly analysis on the major writers and works that defined each literary period
- Features a chronology of important cultural, literary, and political events that helped shape each literary period.

http://englishtips.org/1150838590-edwardian-and-georgian-fiction-blooms-period.html