British Renaissance Literature History

Author: Wang Zuoliang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-22
Features: This is the second volume of the multi-volume History of English Literature, covering the period from 1500 to 1660, which corresponds to the English Renaissance. The principles of writing this volume are the same as those explained in the preface of the previously published Volume 5 (The Twentieth Century), including the following points:
1. Target Audience: University students, graduate students, and general literature enthusiasts.
2. Emphasis on narrative, focusing on explaining facts. Critiques are included within the narration and are presented from a Chinese perspective.
3. Guided by historical materialism.
4. Focus on the works themselves, with more references to original passages and translations.
5. The writing style should also have a certain literary flair, with clear and concise language. As for the history itself, it should both have a clear development of major trends, primarily in the evolution of literary genres, and provide sufficient specific details. Important writers and issues are treated as "portraits" with dedicated chapters. In summary, it is a foreign literature history with Chinese characteristics, worth reading.