Longman Anthology of British Literature v 2B
D. Damrosch

The Longman Anthology of British Literature is the most comprehensive and thoughtfully arranged text in the field, offering a rich selection of compelling British authors through the ages. With its first edition, The Longman Anthology of British Literature created a new paradigm for anthologies. Responding to major shifts in literary studies over the past thirty years, it was the first collection to pay sustained attention to the contexts within which literature is produced, even as it broadened the scope of that literature to embrace the full cultural diversity of the British Isles. Within its pages, canonical authors mingle with newly visible writers; English accents are heard next to Anglo-Norman, Welsh, Gaelic, and Scottish ones; female and male voices are set in dialogue; literature from the British Isles is integrated with post-colonial writing; and major works are illumined by clusters of shorter texts that bring literary, social, and historical issues vividly to life.Fresh and up-to-date introductions and notes are written by an editorial team whose members are all actively engaged in teaching and in current scholarship, and 150 illustrations (50 new to this edition) show both artistic and cultural developments from the medieval period to the present. The Third Edition builds on the pioneering features of the previous two editions, expanding the strong core of frequently taught works while continuing to lead the way in responding to the shifting interests of the discipline.Generous coverage of fiction, drama, and poetry alike. Major prose works are included in their entirety, together with a wealth of poetry and drama, from Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience and Shaw's Pygmalion-and beyond. Cultural breadth. Regional as well as metropolitan perspectives, religious as well as secular writing, popular as well as elite productions, classic works, newly recovered texts, and post-colonial writers all combine to represent the full scope of the British literaru tradition. Women's Writing. Extensive selections from a wide range of writers include underrepresented female writers like Mary Wollstonecraft, Edith Nesbit, and Stevie Smith. "Perspectives" sections. These groupings shed light on the period as a whole and link with immediately surrounding worksto help illuminate a theme. For example, a "Perspectives" section on "Imagining Childhood" follows selections by Lewis Carroll. "...and Its Time" sections. These shorter groupings provide context for a particular work. For example, "Manfred" and Its Time: "The Byronic Hero." TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE. An Audio CD-ROM includes spoken word and musical selections of important British literary texts that appear in The Longman Anthology of British Literature, each introduced by General Editor, David Damrosch.

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Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Literatura piękna
ISBN: 978-0-321-33398-8
Liczba stron: 0