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The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature is an encyclopaedic bibliography of literature in English published by the Cambridge University Press. It was first published in the 1940s, and a revised edition was issued from 1969 with the prefix New. [1] A third series was launched in 1999, without the prefix, but by 2022 only volume 4 had ...
Leeson also wrote The Third Class Genie (1975) (a humorous fantasy novel), and the science-fiction Time Rope (1986) and Zania Experiment (1993) series. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Leeson wrote social realist novels such as It's My Life (1980), about a teenage girl who has to look after her family after her mother walks out on them. [ 3 ]
Notes and Queries was first published in 1849 as a weekly periodical edited by W. J. Thoms. [2] It was founded as an academic correspondence magazine, in which scholars and interested amateurs could exchange knowledge on folklore, literature and history.
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.
The emergence of the third generation of Nigerian writers has changed the publishing sector with a resurgence of new publishing firms such as Kachifo Limited, Parrésia Publishers, Cassava Republic Press and Farafina Books. [9] [10] These new writers create new genres and methods that deal with racism, class, abuse and violence. [11] [12]
It presents fully edited modern-spelling editions of the plays and poems, with lengthy introductions and full commentaries. There have been three distinct series of The Arden Shakespeare over the past century, with the third series commencing in 1995 and concluding in January 2020. [1] The fourth series is scheduled to commence publication in ...
Even earlier than Franklin was Cadwallader Colden (1689–1776), whose book The History of the Five Indian Nations, published in 1727 was one of the first texts published on Iroquois history. [14] Colden also wrote a book on botany, which attracted the attention of Carl Linnaeus , and he maintained a long term correspondence with Benjamin Franklin.