The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Volume A - Third Edition: The Medieval Period - The Renaissance and the Early Seventeenth Century - The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

1897 Pages·2016·62.386 MB·English

by  Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, Isobel Grundy, Don LePan, Roy Liuzza, Jerome J. McGann, Anne Lake Prescott, Barry V. Qualls, Claire Waters

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The Broadview Anthology of
BRITISH LITERATURE
Concise Edition
Volume A
Third Edition
The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Edition
The Medieval Period
The Renaissance and the Early Seventeenth Century
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
The Broadview Anthology of
BRITISH LITERATURE
Concise Edition
Volume A
Third Edition
GENERAL EDITORS
Joseph Black, University of Massachusetts
Leonard Conolly, Trent University
Kate Flint, University of Southern California
Isobel Grundy, University of Alberta
Don LePan, Broadview Press
Roy Liuzza, University of Tennessee
Jerome J. McGann, University of Virginia
Anne Lake Prescott, Barnard College
Barry V. Qualls, Rutgers University
Claire Waters, University of California, Davis
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