The Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook

by Evans, Robert C.; Sterling, Eric J.

• ISBN13: 9780826498502
• ISBN10: 0826498507
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook is an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to English literature in the seventeenth century. It provides a one-stop resource for literature students, with the essential information and guidance needed at the beginning of a course through to the development of more advanced knowledge and skills.

Author Biography

Robert C. Evans is Professor of English at Auburn University Montgomery, USA. He is the author or editor of approximately twenty books (more than half on the seventeenth century) and has won a number of teaching awards. Eric J. Sterling is Distinguished Research Professor at Auburn University Montgomery, USA. He has won several national awards for teaching, scholarship and pedagogy.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction

Introduction: Overview with timeline

Timeline

Historical Context

Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Institutions, Topics, Events, Movements

Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts

Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts

Key Critical Concepts and Topics

Changes in Critical Responses and Approaches

Changes in the Canon

Issues of Sexuality, Gender and Ethnicity

Mapping the Current Critical Landscape

Glossary of critical and theoretical terminology

Annotated Bibliography

Appendix: Teaching, Curriculum and Learning

Index

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