english literature

A collection of anecdotes in which English authors from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century reflect on their own work and the lives and works of other writers.

A collection of essays written by English author Virginia Woolf between 1929 and 1932, arranged chronologically with annotations.

Traces the history of English literature from Old and Middle English texts, c.700-1485, through the mid-twentieth century.

A study guide to the Advanced Placement test in English literature and composition.

The legend of Robin Hood began more than 600 years ago. The man, if he existed at all, lived even earlier. In this definitive work, Professor Sir James Holt, one of Britain's premier historians and author of the standard work on the Magna Carta, unravels pure invention from real possibility and offers the results of some thirty years of research.

Presents a collection of 109 essays written by English author Virginia Woolf, most of which appeared anonymously as reviews in the "Times Literary Supplement" between 1904 and 1912; arranged chronologically with annotations.

Presents a representive selection of writings, in diverse literary genres, of major English authors, reprinted from the sixth edition of the two volume "Norton Anthology of English Literature"; and includes a biographical and critical headnote for each author.

Presents a selection of poetry and expository prose from the Elizabethan age, ranging from the writings of fifteenth-century poet John Skelton, to the literature of the early 1600s; and includes brief author profiles, a general bibliography, and chronological tables.