The pelican guide to English literature

Rev. ed. of: The Pelican guide to English literature. 3rd ed. [1973].

v. 1. pt. 1, Medieval literature : Chaucer and the alliterative tradition. pt. 2, Medieval literature : the European inheritance -- v. 2. The age of Shakespeare -- v. 3. From Donne to Marvell -- v. 4. From Dryden to Johnson -- v. 5. From Blake to Byron -- v. 6. From Dickens to Hardy -- v. 7. From James to Eliot -- v. 8. The present -- v. 9. American literature.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.