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British Literature I

From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century

Edited by B.J. Robinson, Ph.D.
Laura Getty, Ph.D.

ISBN: 978-1-940771-28-1

Print Version:

  • Large Format (8.5 x 11 inches)
    • Volume 1: $29.99 | 978-1-940771-52-6
    • Volume 2: $39.99 | 978-1-940771-54-0
    • Volume 3: $34.99 | 978-1-940771-56-4
    • Volume 4: $39.99 | 978-1-940771-58-8
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    • Volume 4: $29.99 | 978-1-940771-59-5

Digital Version: Free

British Literature I is an anthology of over 50 authors, tracing English writing from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, with historical images, introductions, and learning tools.

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you British Literature I: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century. Featuring over 50 authors and full texts of their works, this anthology follows the shift of monarchic to parliamentarian rule in Britain, and the heroic epic to the more egalitarian novel as genre.

Features:

  • Original introductions to The Middle Ages; The Sixteenth Century: The Tudor Age; The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Revolution; and Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century
  • Over 100 historical images
  • Instructional Design, including Reading and Review Questions and Key Terms
  • Forthcoming ancillary with open-enabled pedagogy, allowing readers to contribute to the project

This textbook is an Open Educational Resource (OER). It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.

Bonnie J. (B.J.) Robinson, Ph.D., is the Director of the University of North Georgia Press and a professor of English at the University of North Georgia. She has published scholarly works on late Victorian literature and Creative Writing pedagogy and served on the editorial boards of Turn-of-the-Century Women, The Walter Pater Newsletter, and The William Morris Newsletter. Dr. Robinson has won several publishing grants, including a National Endowment for the Humanities digital start-up grant on digital publishing in the Humanities.

Laura J. Getty, Ph.D., is a professor of English at the University of North Georgia. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University, and her areas of specialization are medieval literature, world literature, and mythology. Dr. Getty was the Editor-in-Chief of Compact Anthology of World Literature and a contributing editor for World Literature I: bEginnings to 1650, both with UNG Press.

Instructor Resources are available! Educators can request access by submitting the Request OER Instructor Resources form.

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