A two-volume guide to the most important works and authors of English literature from the beginning to the twentieth century. Volume I covers works from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. Volume II covers the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each chapter includes a timeline of major historical and literary events, chronologies on the lives of the authors, a series of essays in question-and-answer format on the critical issues concerning each author's work, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
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