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Oxford English Literary History

The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more.

Each of these thirteen groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers.

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Vol 10 | 1910-1940
The Modern Movement

Chris Baldick, University of London

A major new survey of literature in England during the first half of the twentieth century.

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Vol 12 | 1960-2000
The Last of England?

Randall Stevenson, University of Edinburgh

'This is an extraordinary book, both in its learning and its easy-going accessibility: an authoritative, yet truly companionable companion to modern English literature.'
The Scotsman

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Vol 13 | 1948-2000
The Inter-
nationalization of English Literature

Bruce King,
has held professorships worldwide

'This survey is unprecedented in its seriousness and detail. King traces historical influences, along with the biography of subsequent writers, putting them in the context of both their ethnic background and their British environment. He reads genres with an unusual degree of attention. He balances shifts in consciousness against changes in political and social Awareness.'
The Guardian Review

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Vol 2 | 1350-1547
Reform and Cultural Revolution

James Simpson, University of Cambridge

'A bold, bravura performance, and an important book . . . Simpson can write with equal brilliance across both the secular and the religious . . . It is enormously to this book's credit that despite bearing its critical agenda on its chest, it mostly avoids predictability.'
Times Literary Supplement

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Vol 8 | 1830-1880
The Victorians

Philip Davis,
University of Liverpool

'Is it possible to contain the literary history of the Victorians within a single volume? Philip Davis has risen to the challenge with passionate energy. . . a persuasive affirmation of why the Victorians are still worth reading.'
Times Literary Supplement

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The OELH Complete Series

General Editor: Jonathan Bate

1. To 1350: The Literary Cultures of Early England
Linda Georgianna
Not Yet Published

2. 1350-1547: Reform and Cultural Revolution
James Simpson

3. 1533-1603: The Elizabethans
Colin Burrow
Not Yet Published

4. 1603-1660: Literary Cultures of the Early Seventeenth Century
Katharine Eisaman Maus
Not Yet Published

5. 1645-1714: The Later Seventeenth Century
Margaret Ezell
Not Yet Published

6. 1709-1784: The Eighteenth Century
John Mullan
Not Yet Published

7. 1785-1832: The Romantic Period
Fiona Robertson
Not Yet Published

8. 1830-1880: The Victorians
Philip Davis

9. 1875-1914: From 'Victorian' to 'Edwardian'
Joseph Bristow
Not Yet Published

10. 1910-1940: The Modern Movement
Chris Baldick
NEW!

11. 1930-1970: Literature among
the Wars
Rick Rylance
Not Yet Published

12. 1960-2000: The Last of England
Randall Stevenson

13. 1948-2000: The Internationalization of English Literature
Bruce King

Click here to read an article by Jonathan Bate, General Editor of the Series

Click here to read an article by James Simpson, author of Vol 2: 1350-1547

Click here to read an article by Philip Davis, author of Vol 8: 1830-1880