The Growth of Literature Paperback / softback
by H. Munro Chadwick, Nora K. Chadwick
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies series
Paperback / softback
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First published between 1932 and 1940, this is a three-volume study of the historical development of literature.
It explores the oral and written literatures of regions from Iceland and the British Isles, to Russia, the Balkans, Africa, India and the Pacific, placing them in their historical context and examining similarities between them.
The authors discuss both ancient and recent texts, illustrating the connections within each group and considering the question of whether all literary growth is influenced by common factors.
Praised on publication as '... a work that is not, probably could not be, superseded' (International Journal of Comparative Sociology), the book remains a benchmark for those studying comparative literature or the history of literary criticism.
Volume 1 analyses a range of medieval British and Icelandic poetry and sagas, drawing analogies with the literature of early Greece and focusing particularly on the concept of heroic literature.
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- Pages:698 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2010
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- ISBN:9781108016148
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:698 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108016148
