The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and Its Contexts 1500 2000 1st Edition by Peter Widdowson ISBN 0230000991 9780230000995

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ISBN 10: 0230000991 
ISBN 13: 9780230000995
Author: Peter Widdowson

This comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context of English literature covers the core periods of literature, and history, from the English Renaissance to the present. Peter Widdowson introduces and outlines key terms, concepts and developments and provides a series of timelines showing political, social, cultural and literary events for each year. Together, this indispensable reference work offers a concise history of Britain for literature students at all levels and provides readers with the context for any literary work from 1500 to 2000. The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and its Contexts, 1500-2000 – Overs a wide range of canonical British authors and works but also provides contextualising examples of works from other countries – Each chapter focuses on a key period in English Literature and History, gives a brief overview of that period, and defines the main terms and ideas of the age – Contains easy-to-follow timelines which may be viewed either horizontally or vertically, allowing readers to track a chronological history, or single out the developments and events of a specific year.

The Palgrave Guide to English Literature and Its Contexts 1500 2000 1st Table of contents:

1 Premises
Eng. Lit.
Historical Range
Timelines
2 Procedures
Periodicity
Dates
Selection
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
1 Structure
2 Substantive Timeline Columns
International and Political Contexts
Social and Cultural Contexts
Authors
Indicative Titles
3 Index
Abbreviations Used Throughout
Chapter 1 1500–1649: The English Reformation and Renaissance
1.1 Tudor
Key Timeline Narratives 1500–1603
The Succession
Religion
Politics
1.2 The (English) Reformation
1.3 The (English) Renaissance
1.4 Elizabethan
Key Timeline Narratives
Religion
Ireland and Europe
North America
Social and Economic Developments
Literary and Cultural Events
1.5 Stuart (also Stewart)
1.6 Jacobean
Key Timeline Narratives 1603–1625
Religion
Government
Naval Expansion and Colonisation
Social and Economic Events
Theatre
1.7 Caroline
1.8 The English Civil War
Key Timeline Narratives
Religion
Colonisation
Science
Law
Theatre
Timelines: 1500–1649
Chapter 2 1650–1699: Commonwealth and Restoration
2.1 Interregnum
2.2 Commonwealth
2.3 Protectorate
2.4 Fifth Monarchists, Ranters, Levellers and Diggers
2.5 Stuart (continued)
2.6 Jacobite
2.7 (The) Restoration
Key Timeline narratives 1660–1699
Naval, Trade and Colonial Expansion
Government and Finance
Law
Cultural Developments
Literature and Theatre
2.8 Habeas Corpus
2.9 Whigs
2.10 Tories
Timelines: 1650–1699
Chapter 3 1700–1789: The Augustan Period
3.1 Hanover / Hanoverian
Key Timeline Narratives 1700–1789
International Events
Science and Industry
Health
North America
Society and Culture
Arts
Literature
3.2 Georgian I
3.3 The Enlightenment
3.4 Augustan / Augustanism
3.5 Neo-Classical / Neo-Classicism
Timelines: 1700–1789
Chapter 4 1790–1829: The Romantic Period
4.1 Hanoverian (continued) I
4.2 (The) Regency
4.3 Hanoverian (continued) II
Key Timeline Narratives 1790–1829
International Events
French Revolution
Politics
Economics
Unions
Reform
Science and Engineering
European Culture
British Culture
4.4 Jacobin
4.5 Romanticism / Romantic
Timelines: 1790–1829
Chapter 5 1830–1899: The Victorian Period
5.1 Victorian
5.2 The Victorian Age
Key ‘Early Victorian’ Timeline Narratives 1830s–c.1849
Parliamentary Reform
Social Reform
Corn Law Reform and Free Trade
Education
Industrial Relations
Ireland
The Railways
The European Context
The US Context
The British Empire
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
South Africa
India
Other Colonies
Science and Technology
British Cultural Developments
5.3 Chartism
5.4 Conservatives
5.5 Liberals
Key ‘Mid-Victorian’ Timeline Narratives 1850s–c.1880
Parliamentary Reform
Social Reform
Free Trade
Education
Ireland
The European Context
The US Context
The British Empire
Science and Technology
Cultural Developments
5.6 Fenian
5.7 (The) Pre-Raphaelite(s)
Key ‘Late Victorian’ Timeline Narratives 1880s–c.1901
Parliamentary Reform
Social Reform
Education
The Labour Movement
Ireland
The European Context
Imperialism
Science and Technology
Cultural Developments
5.8 (The) Fin de Siècle
Timelines: 1830–1899
Chapter 6 1900–1939: World War I and the Modernist Period
6.1 Edwardian
6.2 Georgian II
6.3 The First World War / World War I (WWI) / ‘The Great War’
Key Timeline Narratives 1900–1919
International Context
The UK Political and Social Context
Context
Ireland
Education
Science and Technology
The Cultural Context
6.4 The Women’s Movement / Feminism
6.5 The Inter-War Period
Key Timeline Narratives 1918–1939
The International Context
Germany
Italy
Spain
Soviet Russia
China and Japan
The Commonwealth and India
The United States
British Politics
The British Social Context
Ireland
Science and Technology
The Cultural Context
6.6 (The) Labour (Party)
6.7 Modernism / Modernist
Literary Modernism in the British Context
Timelines: 1900–1939
Chapter 7 1940–1959: World War II and the Post-War Period
7.1 The Second World War / World War II (WWII)
7.2 (The) Post-War (Period)
Key Timeline Narratives 1940–1959
The UK in Wartime
The Post-War International Context
UK Politics
The Welfare State, Social Issues and Education
Science and Technology
The Cultural Context
Television
Theatre
Timelines: 1940–1959
Chapter 8 1960–1979: The Nineteen-Sixties and Seventies
8.1 Nineteen-Sixties
Key Timeline Narratives 1960–1969
The International Context
British Colonies in Africa and Elsewhere
The USA and USSR
Vietnam War
Other Conflicts
Europe
UK Politics
UK Industrial and Social Relations
Immigration
Education
Northern Ireland
Science and Technology
Social and Cultural ‘Signs of the Times’
Disasters
Crimes and Trials
Sport
The Swinging Sixties
Art
Popular Music
Theatre
Satire
Theory and Criticism
8.2 Nineteen-Seventies
Key Timeline Narratives 1970–1979
The International Context
Africa
Asia
The Americas
The Middle East and Iran
Europe and the USSR
‘Terrorism’
Nuclear and Environmental Issues
Science and Technology
UK Politics and the Economy
UK Industrial Relations
UK Social Issues
Northern Ireland
Social and Cultural ‘Signs of the Times’
Disasters
Buildings and Exhibitions
Sport
Theatre
Popular Music
Visual Arts
Theory/Criticism
Timelines: 1960–1979
Chapter 9 1980–1999: The Contemporary Period
9.1 Contemporary
9.2 Nineteen-Eighties
Key Timeline Narratives 1980–1989
The International Context
Africa
Asia
The Americas
The Middle East, Iran and Iraq
The USSR and Europe
Nuclear and Environmental Issues
Science, Technology and Health
UK Politics and the Economy
UK Industrial Relations
UK Social Issues and Education
Northern Ireland
Social and Cultural ‘Signs of the Times’
Disasters
Crimes and Trials
Buildings and ‘Openings’
Sport
UK TV
Popular Music
9.3 Nineteen-Nineties
Key Timeline Narratives 1990–1999
The International Context
Africa
Asia
USA
Iraq and the Middle East
USSR/Russia
Europe
The Environment, Health, Science and Technology
The Environment
Health and Science
Technology
UK Politics and the Economy
UK Industrial and Social Issues and Education
Northern Ireland
Social and Cultural ‘Signs of the Times’
Disasters
The Royals
Sport
Popular Music
Cultural Events
9.4 Postmodernism / Postmodernity / Postmodern
British Postmodern Fiction
Timelines: 1980–2000
Works Used for Reference
Index A: British Authors (with their dates and year of first citation)

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