ENGLISH SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE AND GLOSSARY

by BIBHASH CHOUDHURY

Overview

The second edition of the book, with its emending and updated text, provides a glimpse into the English life and culture, starting from the middle Ages to the twenty-first century. As the English life and culture are inextricably interwoven with the literary traditions of England and its myriad aspects, this study provides significant insights into the field of English literature and the contexts it emerges from.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789388028851
Publisher:	PHI LEARNING
Publication date:	05/22/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	793 KB

About the Author

BIBHASH CHOUDHURY, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of English, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam. Dr. Choudhury has edited Amitav Ghosh: Critical Essays (Second Edition) and authored Charles Dickens—Great Expectations and The Tempest, published by PHI Learning. Besides, some of his other publications include Beyond Cartography: The Contemporary South Asian Novel in English and Reading Postcolonial Theory: Key Texts in Context.

Table of Contents

Preface Preface to the First Edition From the Medieval to the Renaissance In Transition: From the Restoration to the Age of Reason English Society and Culture in the Nineteenth Century From The Modern to the Postmodern: The Twentieth Century and Beyond Bibliography