Sketches of English Literature, from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

by Clara Lucas Balfour

Book Overview

Clara Lucas Balfour (1808-1878) published Sketches of English Literature in 1852. The work surveys the development of English literature from the revival of letters in the fourteenth century to the literary controversies of the mid-nineteenth. Balfour places a special focus on the work of women writers. The first chapters consider the impact of the Renaissance and Reformation, the development of printing, and the publication of early vernacular Bibles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108020240
• ISBN13: 9781108020244
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"