A History of English Literature
New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 697pp. from front flap: "This distinguished collaboration provides a balanced survey, factually comprehensive enough to serve as a reference book adn at the same time a compact and manageable volume for the general reader. [. . .] The book throughout is not simply a factual summary but a genuine history of literature. The authors have drawn upon the most recent developments in scholarship, and have aimed at giving an interpretation that is at once critical and reliable."
Comprised of: Old and Middle English Literature from the Beginnings to 1485 by George K Anderson. / The Literature of the English Renaissance 1485-1660 by Hardin Craig / The Literature of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century by Louis I. Bredvold / The Literature of the Nineteenth and the Early Twentieth Centuries 1798 to the First World War by Joseph Warren Beach. Book VG: mild shelf wear, text clean, binding tight. / DJ G: chipping, closed tear, age toning, NOT clipped ($8.00). Item #1776
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Price: $80.00