Newly Edited Selected Readings in British Literature (Volume 2) - Second Edition

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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The second volume of this book includes three parts of literature from the early 19th century Romanticism, the Victorian era, and the 20th century. It features the poems of renowned poets such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, and Browning, as well as selected works of famous novelists like Dickens,, Hardy, and, including David Copperfield and Vanity Fair. Representative works of the "angry young generation" in mid-20th-century literature, such as Osborne, and the works of the absurdism drama representative in the late 1950s, such as Beckett, are also included. The selected readings aim to help readers gain an understanding of the development of literature in these three periods, various genres, and the styles of different authors. The notes accompanying the readings are clear, detailed, and accurate, designed to cultivate readers' appreciation of literature. Suitable for English majors and enthusiasts.