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These volumes provide an overview of British literature in its social and historical context from the Anglo-Saxon period through to the twenty-first century. They trace literary developments and touch on key developments in the history of the language of print culture. Additionally, they provide essential background for those unfamiliar with the unfolding of British political, social, economic, and cultural history during each of the six periods into which the study of British literature is commonly divided. The material for British Literature: A Historical Overview has been drawn from the general introductions to the six volumes of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of British Literature.
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
History, Narrative, Culture
England before the Norman Conquest
Roman and Celtic Britain
Migration and Conversion
Invasion and Unification
England after the Norman Conquest
The Normans and Feudalism
Henry II and an International Culture
The Thirteenth Century
The English Monarchy
Cultural Expression in the Fourteenth Century
Fifteenth-Century Transitions
Language and Prosody
INTRODUCTION TO THE RENAISSANCE AND THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Humanism
Scientific Inquiry
The Reformation in England
Wales, Scotland, Ireland
Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I and Gender
Homoeroticism and Transgendering
Economy and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
"The Round Earth's Imagined Corners"
The Stuarts and the Civil Wars
Literary Genres
Literature in Prose, and the Development of Print Culture
Poetry
The Drama
The English Language in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
INTRODUCTION TO THE RESTORATION AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Religion, Government, and Party Politics
Empiricism, Skepticism, and Religious Dissent
Industry, Commerce, and the Middle Class
Ethical Dilemmas in a Changing Nation
Print Culture
Poetry
Theater
The Novel
The Development of the English Language
Monarchs and Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Index
