Reviews for English literature in history, 1780-1830

The average rating for English literature in history, 1780-1830 based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-19 00:00:00 Ben Ushler A good, solidly helpful text that provides historical and literary introductions to the periods. The sections themselves vary in focus as they are each written by an expert in that particular era - for example, the 19th century section has a lot of detail about the changing ways literature was produced and experienced, whilke the contemporary section is quite political while the mediaeval section is history-heavy (in a good way!) Some of the sections are better than others - I found the late 20th century section by far the least useful, but that may just reflect a personal dislike for that critic as I've never got on with any of his work.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-02-21 00:00:00 Chris Little The context often overshadows the literature when it comes to this book. But it is, by all means, a good book to come to, to get an idea of how the social/political/economic/cultural milieu of a particular age helped shape its literature. However, before coming to it, I'd suggest getting a general idea of English history. The text often just makes references to events, instead of going into detail. This is where prior knowledge would help. It is also not a good text if you want an in-depth study of the literature of that particular age. It does what it claims to do, show a basic connection between literature and its context.