Prentice Hall literature. The British tradition. Grade 12 /
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Upper Saddle River, N.J. :
Pearson/Prentice Hall,
©2012.
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| Edition: | Common Core ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introductory unit. Common core student workshops
- Unit 1. Legend to history : the Old English and Medieval periods (a.d. 499 to 1485). Earthly exile, heavenly home ; The epic ; A national spirit ; Perils and adventures
- Unit 2. Celebrating humanity : the English Renaissance period (1485 to 1625). Lovers and their lines ; The influence of the monarchy ; Drama
- Unit 3. A turbulent time : the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1625 to 1798). The war against time ; A nation divided ; The ties that bind ; The essay
- Unit 4. Rebels and dreamers : the Romantic Period (1798 to 1832). Fantasy and reality ; Lyric poetry ; The reaction to society's ills
- Unit 5. Progress and decline : the Victorian Period (1833 to 1901). Relationships ; The novel ; The empire and its discontents ; Gloom and glory
- Unit 6. A time of rapid change : the modern and postmodern periods (1901 to Present). Forging modernism ; Modernism in fiction ; Conflicts at home and abroad ; The postmodern and beyond.