The literature book

From Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to Shelley's Frankenstein, The Literature Book is the ultimate collection of the greatest literature ever written. Documenting over 100 best-selling books, plays and poetry from all over the world, including Latin American and African fiction, The Literat...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Dorling Kindersley Limited 2016
Series:Big ideas simply explained
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Heroes and legends. 3000 BCE-1300 CE
  • Renaissance to Enlightenment. 1300-1800
  • Romanticism and the rise of the novel. 1800-1855
  • Depicting real life. 1855-1900
  • Breaking with tradition. 1900-1945
  • Postwar writing. 1945-1970
  • Contemporary literature. 1970-present