A history of English literature
Edward Albert, a teacher at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, wrote A History of English Literature as a practical textbook, first published in 1923. He covers the whole span from the Old English period and Beowulf through the Middle English age, Chaucer, the Elizabethans, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the Romantics and Victorians, with a closing chapter on modern writers. Each chapter sets the literature against its historical background, surveys the poets and prose writers with greater space for the major figures, traces the development of literary forms and style, and ends with exercises for students. It aims to be both a narrative history and a handy reference. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is A history of English literature?
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