Author: Pat Rogers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192854377
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature
Author: Pat Rogers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192854377
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192854377
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England
Author: Nigel Saul
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198205029
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A thorough and well-illustrated history with eight long essays by leading scholars which cover the history and culture of England, rather than the British Isles, from the 5th to the 15th century. Contents: Medieval England - Identity, Politics and Society ( Nigel Saul ); Anglo-Saxon England ( Janet L Nelson ); Conquered England ( George Garnett ); Late Medieval England 1215-1485 ( Chris Given-Wilson ); Economy and Society ( Christopher Dyer ); Piety, Religion and the Church ( Henrietta Leyser ); The Visual Arts ( Nicola Coldstream ); Language and Literature ( Derek Pearsall ).
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198205029
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A thorough and well-illustrated history with eight long essays by leading scholars which cover the history and culture of England, rather than the British Isles, from the 5th to the 15th century. Contents: Medieval England - Identity, Politics and Society ( Nigel Saul ); Anglo-Saxon England ( Janet L Nelson ); Conquered England ( George Garnett ); Late Medieval England 1215-1485 ( Chris Given-Wilson ); Economy and Society ( Christopher Dyer ); Piety, Religion and the Church ( Henrietta Leyser ); The Visual Arts ( Nicola Coldstream ); Language and Literature ( Derek Pearsall ).
Middle English Literature
Author: Christopher Cannon
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745624413
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745624413
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It argues that these centuries are, in fundamental ways, the momentous period in our literary history, for they are the long moment in which the category of literature itself emerged as English writing began to insist, for the first time, that it floated free of any social reality or function. This book also charts the complex mechanisms by which English writing acquired this power in a series of linked close readings of both canonical and more obscure texts. It encloses those readings in five compelling accounts of much broader cultural areas, describing, in particular, the productive relationship of Middle English writing to medieval technology, insurgency, statecraft and cultural place, concluding with an in depth account of the particular arguments, emphases and techniques English writers used to claim a wholly new jurisdiction for their work. Both this history and its readings are everywhere informed by the most exciting developments in recent Middle English scholarship as well as literary and cultural theory. It serves as an introduction to all these areas as well as a contribution, in its own right, to each of them.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
Author: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland
Author: Robert Fitzroy Foster
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780192893239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Edited by well-respected historian Roy Foster, this authoritative work provides a lively and challenging synthesis of Irish history from pre-Christian times to the present-day troubles. Written by an expert team of scholars, all known for their innovative work, it is lavishly illustrated with over 200 pictures in colour and black and white.
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780192893239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Edited by well-respected historian Roy Foster, this authoritative work provides a lively and challenging synthesis of Irish history from pre-Christian times to the present-day troubles. Written by an expert team of scholars, all known for their innovative work, it is lavishly illustrated with over 200 pictures in colour and black and white.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book
Author: James Raven
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198702981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
In 14 original essays, this book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198702981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
In 14 original essays, this book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
Author: Iwan Rhys Morus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199663270
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science offers readers an accessible and entertaining introduction to the history of science as well as a valuable and authoritative reference work.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199663270
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science offers readers an accessible and entertaining introduction to the history of science as well as a valuable and authoritative reference work.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance
Author: Gordon Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019871615X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
The story of the 'long Renaissance' for a new generation from Giotto and Dante in thirteenth-century Italy to the English literary Renaissance in the first half of the seventeenth century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019871615X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
The story of the 'long Renaissance' for a new generation from Giotto and Dante in thirteenth-century Italy to the English literary Renaissance in the first half of the seventeenth century.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
Author: John Russell Brown
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780192854421
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.
Publisher: Oxford Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780192854421
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A scholarly look at 4,500 years of theater, beginning with its Greek origins and concluding with a study of theater since 1970.
The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand
Author: Keith Sinclair
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195583816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Bringing one thousand years of history to life, this is an illustrated history of New Zealand from the settlement by Polynesians to the present day. The book covers the period of colonisation after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the wars between the Maori and the British Army of the 1860s, the beginning of party government in the 1890s, votes for women in 1893, fighting in South Africa and Europe, the Depression, the Maori drift to towns, the influx of Pacific Islanders, and the economic reforms since the fourth Labour Government. Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged expert in his or her field, and a new chapter by Dr Jack Vowles brings the book fully up to date.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195583816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Bringing one thousand years of history to life, this is an illustrated history of New Zealand from the settlement by Polynesians to the present day. The book covers the period of colonisation after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the wars between the Maori and the British Army of the 1860s, the beginning of party government in the 1890s, votes for women in 1893, fighting in South Africa and Europe, the Depression, the Maori drift to towns, the influx of Pacific Islanders, and the economic reforms since the fourth Labour Government. Each chapter has been written by an acknowledged expert in his or her field, and a new chapter by Dr Jack Vowles brings the book fully up to date.