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Chaucer and His Readers
Challenging the view that the fifteenth century was the "e;Drab Age"e; of English literary history, Seth Lerer seeks to recover the late-medieval literary system that …
Prospero's Son
"e;This book is the record of a struggle between two temperaments, two consciousnesses and almost two epochs."e; That's how Edmund Gosse opened Father and Son, the classic …
Children's Literature
Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children s literature. Children s Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop s fables to …
Error and the Academic Self
How and why did the academic style of writing, with its emphasis on criticism and correctness, develop? Seth Lerer suggests that the answer lies in medieval and Renaissance …
Inventing English
A history of English from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem, “written with real authority, enthusiasm and love for our unruly and exquisite language” (The Washington Post). …
Shakespeare's Lyric Stage
What does it mean to have an emotional response to poetry and music? And, just as important but considered less often, what does it mean not to have such a response? What happens …
Introducing the History of the English Language
This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed, changed, and continues to morph into new forms in contemporary …
Tradition: A Feeling for the Literary Past
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside …