内容简介
Abest-sellerformorethanfortyyears,thisisthesurveyofEnglishliteraturefromtheMiddleAgestothetwenty-firstcentury.With274authors,theEighthEditiondeepensitsrepresentationofessentialworksinallgenres,rangingfromSeamusHeaney'stranslationof"Beowulf"toglobaltwentieth-centuryclassics.Over75colourplatesandthematicclustersofbriefandhistoricallysignificanttextsbringtolifetheculturalconcernsofeachperiod.Conciseglossesandannotations,periodintroductions,biographicalheadnotes,timelinesandselectedbibliographieshelpreadersunderstandandenjoytherichdiversityofEnglishliterature.