Analogy of English Literature/Madan Sood. New Delhi, Pearl Books, 2007, viii, 240 p., ISBN 81-89979-00-3.

    Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Sixteenth Century Renaissance. 3. The Early Seventeenth Century. 4. The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century. 5. The Romantic Period. 6. The Gothic. 7. The Victorian Age. 8. Twentieth Century and after. 9. History and politics. 10. Sixteenth Century Europe. 11. The origins of English Drama. 12. Secular influences on the early English Drama. 13. History's mandate. 14. Romance structure. 15. The Barbarian Hordes. Bibliography. Index.

    "The literary culture of the Middle Ages was far more international than national and was divided more by lines of class and audience than by language. Latin was the Church language and of learning. French became the dominant language of secular European Literary Culture after Eleventh Century. But English has its position as ever as a legendary. In this period there was great diversity of medieval cultures and the social, political, religious, economic and technological changes also took place. By the modern scholars this period sometimes is referred as "Cathedralism". 

    This book provides a brief overview of such diversities and development of the language. Literary works, are and music all are included in its discussion. The author is confident enough that this work would prove to be beneficial to the readers and specially to the students of the English Literature." (jacket) 

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