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The New Pelican Guide to English Literature, fifth volume, traces the literary development from William Blake through the Romantic era to Lord Byron. It opens with an exploration of the social and intellectual backdrop of the period and then offers detailed essays on Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Crabbe, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Burns, Jane Austen, Scott, and prominent essayists. The volume concludes with updated biographies and bibliographies in its appendix.
First publish date: May 26, 1983
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Boris Ford
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