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Magical Tome
- First published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc.
- ISBN
- 9781440691287
The complete idiot's guide to English literature
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About this book
Explore the canon of great writers.In this incredible volume, English professor Jay Stevenson teaches readers everything they want-and need-to know about English literature. From Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats, to more modern figures like Nabokov, Salinger, Morrison, and Updike, this handy guide also includes information on periods, time frames, every type of criticism, the differences and similarities of the literature on each side of the Atlantic, and more.Fascinating, fact-filled writing that explores English literature as it is studied right nowTerrific supplementary reading for AP English Lit studentsHelps readers explore and study fiction, plays, poems, and prose
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