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Article: English Prose of the Nineteenth Century.
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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This is the book I wish I had had to hand during the last six years of teaching The Open University Arts Foundation Course. It is one volume in a major series published by Longman which, when completed, will offer a practical and comprehensive guide to English Literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. This book is an invaluable resource which confers a unifying, frequently provocative, perspective on nineteenth century prose, surprising in its detail and diversity. Familiar topics and texts are seen freshly under new headings and in relation to a wide variety of disciplines and discourses, a method which stimulates new understanding.
This approach to ...