Newly Edited Selected Readings in British Literature (Part 2): Textbook

Author: Luo Jingguo (Editor and Annotator)
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The second volume of this book includes three literary periods: Romanticism in the early 19th century, 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, (Sacré), Hardy, and Bront?, including David Copperfield and Vanity Fair. Representative works of 20th-century writers, such as the "angry young men" Osborne and the absurdist playwright Beckett from the late 1950s, are also included. The selected readings aim to give readers an understanding of the development of literature in these three periods, various genres, and the styles of different authors. The annotations accompanying the readings are clear, detailed, and accurate, designed to cultivate readers' appreciation of literature. Suitable for English majors and enthusiasts.