Books in the Oxford English Literary History series

The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. This volume covers 1645 to 1714, which saw the rise of new media forms, and transformations in performance spaces, bookselling, and the concept of authorship.

The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. This volume explores the vast cultural, literary, social, and political transformations which characterized the period 1000-1350.

Covers ground, ranging from the burst of English literary writing under the reign of Richard II to the literature of the Reformation. Challenging traditional assumptions, this volume argues that the stylistic diversity enjoyed by medieval writers was curtailed by the authoritarian practice of the sixteenth-century cultural revolution.

Discusses literature written by those who have chosen to make England their home since 1948. Ranging through Black and Asian British prose, poetry and drama, and writers including V S Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, and Zadie Smith, the author reveals the development of the literature from writing about immigration to becoming English.

Part of the "Oxford English Literary History" series, this volume provides an account of literature in England in the period before, during, and after the First World War. It covers psychological novels, war poems, satires, children's books, and other literary forms evolving in response to the anxieties and exhilarations of twentieth-century life.

Looks at both canonical and non-canonical writings in their historical context. This book is for students and scholars. It demonstrates how the power of Victorian literature, not just the riches of its novels and poetry, but also non-fiction writings from Darwin to Ruskin and Mill, lies in its gift of asking questions with a personal insistence.

Charting developments in the literary field since 1960, this work pinpoints the origins of literary change in the historical, social, and intellectual pressures of the times - to shadows of war and loss of empire; shifting relations between the genders; emergent minority and counter-cultures; and the broadening democratisation of life in general.

Charting developments in the literary field since 1960, this book pinpoints the origins of literary change in the historical, social, and intellectual pressures of the times. It also covers the shadows of war and loss of empire; declining influences of class; shifting relations between the genders; emergent minority and counter-cultures; and more.