The Victorians and After

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INTRODUCTIONS TO
ENGLISH LITERATURE
edited by professor bonamy dobree
The purpose of these five volumes, as the general title of the
series implies, is to introduce people to the pleasures of litera-
ture by putting those who enjoy reading in touch with books
and authors unfamiliar to them, and by helping them to satisfy
and extend those appetencies of mind and sensibility which
literature, in its manifold variety, serves. In other words,
these 'Introductions' are designed to show the reader his way
about the wide world of books and to make him feel at home in
it. They are neither conventional histories nor potted hand-
books, but judicious companions to guide and counsel and
befriend him in his progress toward a full and fruitful know-
ledge of English literature from the earliest times to the
present day.
Revised editions of all volumes in the series will shortly be
available.
This, the fourth volume of the Cresset Press
Introductions to English Literature,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

INTRODUCTIONS TO
ENGLISH LITERATURE
edited by professor bonamy dobree
The purpose of these five volumes, as the general title of the
series implies, is to introduce people to the pleasures of litera-
ture by putting those who enjoy reading in touch with books
and authors unfamiliar to them, and by helping them to satisfy
and extend those appetencies of mind and sensibility which
literature, in its manifold variety, serves. In other words,
these 'Introductions' are designed to show the reader his way
about the wide world of books and to make him feel at home in
it. They are neither conventional histories nor potted hand-
books, but judicious companions to guide and counsel and
befriend him in his progress toward a full and fruitful know-
ledge of English literature from the earliest times to the
present day.
Revised editions of all volumes in the series will shortly be
available.
This, the fourth volume of the Cresset Press
Introductions to English Literature, covers the
period from 1830-1914. The Introduction,
consisting of about one-third of the book, deals
with the literature of the period in all its
forms, connecting it with the other arts and
with contemporary philosophic and religious
movements. The social and political back-
ground of the period is indicated as fully as
possible in the body of the Introduction, while
the economic background is dealt with in a
separate chapter. The remaining two-thirds of
the book consist of a bibliography raisonnée,
made up of lists of books, written in the period
and recommended for reading, accompanied
by short critical notes on the most important
and characteristic of them. Lists of critical
works relating to the period and covering the
most recent scholarship are also included. Vissza