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Supernova Publishers A Critical History of English Literature Volume - I by David Daiches
About the Book: A Critical History of English Literature (vol-1)A comprehensive history of the world of English Literature.Contents1. Anglo-Saxon Literature2. The Development of Middle English Prose and Verse3. Middle-English Literature: Fabliau, Lyric, Dream Alecory, Ballad4. Chaucer, Gower, Piers Plowman5. The End of the Middle Ages6. The Early Tudor Scene7. Spenser and his time8. Drama from the Miracle plays to Marlowe9. Shakespeare10. Drama from Johson to the closing of the theaters11. Poetry after Spenser: The Jonsonian and the Meta-Physical Traditions12. Prose in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries13. Milton14. Scottish Literature to 1700About the Author: David DaichesDavid Daiches was a Scottish scholar, author, and literary critic. Some of his works include The Novel And The Modern World, Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood, and Sir Walter Scott And His World. His writing often focused on Scottish culture and literature, and English literature. He was born on September 2, 1912, in Sunderland. He attended George Watson's College. Beginning with the University of Edinburgh, he had a long, rewarding teaching career in the UK, Canada, and the US. Daiches was married more than once, and he had three children from his first marriage. He died on July 15, 2005.